Venus 2 minutes after 4th contact showing halo and bright polar spot aligned with the north pole of the planet ( north is about 45° down-left on the image). 2Ĺ H-alpha-coronograph image at 2,5 m equivalent focal length on 4 ˝ inch refractor and Starlight-Xpress MX512 CCD camera with mechanical shutter set at 1/250, taken by Riccardo Robitschek and Gianmaria Caglieris, Milan (Italy) on 08.06.2004, 11h 26m UT.

I took these images of Venus and the Sun the morning of the 8th with the Menominee Lighthouse Pier in the foreground.

Members of the Evansville Astronomical Society observe & photograph the Venus Transit from Reitz Hill overlooking the Ohio River.

A rare cloudless June morning in NW Florida. We were able to watch the entire ~45 minutes from the first appearance of the sun as it rose over Escambia Bay. Digital Rebel on Celestron Ultima 9.25.

Sketch taken from a solar projection using 60mm f/13 Refractor. The event was observed at 11:21:20 to 11:23:30 UT

Here in Quebec, we only got the end of the transit, but it was pretty spectacular to see the sun rising with Venus' silhouette in front of it.

Photo details : 8.6.2004, 8:36:44-8:38:59 Finnish summertime (UT+3h), Ilmajoki, Finland. Solarfilter + Newton 200/1000 mm + 30 mm ocular, Casio QV-5700 digicam at ocular magnification

All pictures of this century-event were taken with a Philips ToU Webcam and a C8.

This image shows the central phase of the last venus transit. Perfect clear skies and good seeing. 152 mm aperture Newton-Maksutok telescope with a Nikon Coolpix 995 camera.

more: from Don Murad of Genoa, Ohio; from Sylvain Weiller of St Rémy les Chevreuse, France; from Brian Oyer of Syracuse, NY; from Sander Klieverik of the Netherlands; from Gennady Marchenko of Kharkov, Ukraine; from Fred Calvert at Cold Spring Observatory in Cold Spring, Kentucky; from Lee Graham of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; from Giancarlo Ubaldo Nappi of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; from Christopher Go of Cebu City, Philippines; from Mariano Ribas of Buenos Aires, Argentina; from Dan Schechter of Nauset Light Beach in East Chatam on Cape Cod;