The Venus Transit 2004 European Science & Technology Week 2004Visit the websites of the VT-2004 organisers

The Venus Transit 2004

... Photos (171-180)

On this and the other pages in the VT-2004 Photo Archive , photos are displayed which are related to Venus, the Sun and/or the Venus Transit. They were obtained in many different places. Some of these photos were elected "VT 2004 Photo of the Day" .

All photos on this page may be downloaded and used, provided the photographers (authors) and the VT-2004 programme are indicated as source.


[Previous page]   Page 18   [Next page]

Sunspots

Sunspots

[640 x 480 pix - 23k]

Jari Juutilainen and Tuomo Sipola
Warkauden Kassiopeia, Taurus Hill Observatory
12-inch Meade LX200GPS
Meade LPI-camera
[Test observation in preparation of Venus Transit]
May 25, 2004
Finland

Sunspots

Sunspots

[588 x 857 pix - 133k]

Dimitrios Kolovos
Celestron-11 SCT f/6.3
ToUCam + IR-filter
May 19, 2004, 15:00 UT
Athens, Greece
More images at this site

Venus and the Moon

Venus and the Moon

[1028 x 1544 pix - 140k]

Jacky Francoise
Canon 10D with 105mm objective at f/5.6
Exposure: 0.7 sec May 20, 2004, 16:17 UT
Saint-Paul, Ile de Réunion, France
More images at this site

Venus' Very Slim Crescent

Venus' Very Slim Crescent

[132 x 161 pix - 5k]

Hans-Göran Lindberg
120-mm refractor f=2000mm
Mintron MS-168EP
MW-1 and dark-green filter
June 1, 2004, 12:01 UT
Kärrbo Observatory
Skultuna, Sweden
More images at this site

Venus' Crescent

Venus' Crescent

[640 x 480 pix - 203k]

Rijk-Jan Koppejan
[Philippus Lansbergen Observatory] Skywatcher 127mm Mak.-Cas.
Coolpix 4500 ISO 200 ; 1/15 sec
8 frames combined May 30, 2004, 20:10 UT
Middelburg, The Netherlands
More images at this site

Venus Occultation (Egress)

Venus Occultation (Egress)

[737 x 533 pix - 223k]

Rijk-Jan Koppejan
[Philippus Lansbergen Observatory] 8 x 50 telescope
Coolpix 4500 ISO 200 ; 1/15 sec
8 frames combined May 21, 2004
Middelburg, The Netherlands
More images at this site

Venus' Extremely Thin Crescent

Venus' Extremely Thin Crescent

[428 x 417 pix - 19k]

Rob Johnson
[Liverpool Astronomical Society] 14-inch GOTO reflector with 3X Barlow lens
Red (#25) filter
Philips ToUCam Pro 740K
1-min sequence in "boiling" seeing Processed with Registax and Photoshop June 1, 2004, 17:46 UT
Liverpool, UK
More images at this site

Venus and the Moon above Paranal

Venus and the Moon above Paranal

[1200 x 900 pix - 473k]

[2592 x 1944 pix - 1.8M]

Gerhard Hüdepohl
[ ESO Paranal Observatory]
Nikon Coolpix 5400
Exposure: 2 sec [Seen above the domes of the four 8.2-m VLT telescopes]
May 21, 2004
Paranal, Atacama Desert, Chile
More images at this site

Venus' Very Slim Crescent

Venus' Very Slim Crescent

[114 x 128 pix - 1k]

Hans-Göran Lindberg
Newton 120/2602mm
Mintron MS-168EP
MW-1 and dark-green filter
June 2, 2004, 13:01 UT
Kärrbo Observatory
Skultuna, Sweden
More images at this site

Venus' Slim Crescent Getting Longer

Venus' Slim Crescent Getting Longer

[135 x 167 pix - 5k]

Hans-Göran Lindberg
120-mm refractor f=2000mm
Mintron MS-168EP
MW-1 and dark-green filter
[As Venus moves closer to the Sun in the sky, the crescent gets longer - visually, about 190 ° is now illuminated; this effect is caused by sunlight dispersed in the uppermost layers of Venus' dense atmosphere]
June 3, 2004, 07:08 UT
Kärrbo Observatory
Skultuna, Sweden
More images at this site

[Previous page]       [Next page]