The 2004 Transit of Venus
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Summary: Every 120 years or so a dark spot glides across the Sun. Small, inky-black, almost perfectly circular, it's no ordinary sunspot. Not everyone can see it, but some who do get the strangest feeling, of standing, toes curled in the damp sand, on the beach of a South Pacific isle.... Get the full story from Science@NASA.

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  Photographer, Location Images Comments

Dave Halupowski,
Valparaiso, Florida
Jun. 08, 2008
#1

This was taken at sun rise with a Sony Digital Handycam.

Sylvie Béland,
Laval, Quebec, Canada
Jun. 08
#1

Great picture of venus transit with a few clouds passing in front of it.

Bartek Okonek,
Leszno, Poland
Jun. 08
#1, more

More images and animations to come on my website. Despite a Cirrus cloud the view through telescope was very sharp. Photo details: Philips Vesta + 8' cassegrain 3500mm.

Vincent Jacques,
Menton, south of France
Jun. 08
#1, more

11h05 TU Third contact Telescop reflector 115mm f=900mm + webcam Philips vesta Pro 7 images stacked

Tom Schumm/Aaron Thul,
Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
Jun. 08
#1, #2, #3

We felt pretty lucky to have clearish skies. The photo was taken by holding my friend's cell phone camera (Audiovox CDM8900) up to the eyepiece of my telescope (which explains the quality of the images.) Telescope details: Orion Skyquest XT8 8' Dobsonian, Orion glass full-aperature solar filter, Siebert 6mm eyepiece.

Phil Yabut,
Arlington, Virginia, USA
Jun. 08
#1, more

Transit of Venus projected through binoculars on a sheet of paper on the wall, with a low-res Palm Zire 71 digital camera set to 'Sunlight' to get a true color image. The sun was shrouded by a layer of fog and haze.

Joe Cassidy,
Cold Spring Elementary School, Upper Moreland PA
Jun. 08
#1, #2

5:50:11 am Nikon Coolpix 5700 1/978.4 sec F7.4 Unfiltered 6:15:08 am Nikon Coolpix 5700 1/4.3 sec F4.2

Alvaro Garay,
Casselberry, Florida, USA
Jun. 08
#1

It was 7:06 am when I took the picture. I didn't have the telescope with me and i just used a pair of binoculars 7x50 to project the picture on my t-shirt as you can see on this picture. Venus was very close to the edge of the sun.

Julie Deth-Rhoden Hutto,
Laurel, Maryland
Jun. 08
#1, #2

The morning fog and atmospheric haze on the horizon acted as a filter as the sun started rising and allowed for not only a viewing of Venus in transit but also a plane transiting the sun. Details: Canon 300Dslr, ISO 100, 32mm plossl eyepiece, Meade LX200gps

more: from Manfred Molkenthin of Pennigbuettel, Germany; from David Nash of Cambridgeshire, UK; from Peter Fundarek of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;

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