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Venus transit
Credit: Ted Ambrose, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 between 6:32 and 12:21 BST from Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire, England using a 8" Celestron Schmidt Cassegrain and a Nikon FE SLR with T-adapter and coupling at prime focus. Exposures 1/60th sec. The telescope was polar aligned on equatorial mount with motor driven tracking and a full aperture solar filter fitted.
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Venus transit
Credit: Ted Ambrose, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 between 6:32 and 12:21 BST from Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire, England using a 8" Celestron Schmidt Cassegrain and a Nikon FE SLR with T-adapter and coupling at prime focus. Exposures 1/60th sec. The telescope was polar aligned on equatorial mount with motor driven tracking and a full aperture solar filter fitted.
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Venus transit
Credit: Ted Ambrose, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 between 6:32 and 12:21 BST from Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire, England using a 8" Celestron Schmidt Cassegrain and a Nikon FE SLR with T-adapter and coupling at prime focus. Exposures 1/60th sec. The telescope was polar aligned on equatorial mount with motor driven tracking and a full aperture solar filter fitted.
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Venus transit
Credit: Ted Ambrose, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 between 6:32 and 12:21 BST from Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire, England using a 8" Celestron Schmidt Cassegrain and a Nikon FE SLR with T-adapter and coupling at prime focus. Exposures 1/60th sec. The telescope was polar aligned on equatorial mount with motor driven tracking and a full aperture solar filter fitted.
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Venus transit
Credit: Ted Ambrose, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 between 6:32 and 12:21 BST from Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire, England using a 8" Celestron Schmidt Cassegrain and a Nikon FE SLR with T-adapter and coupling at prime focus. Exposures 1/60th sec. The telescope was polar aligned on equatorial mount with motor driven tracking and a full aperture solar filter fitted.
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Venus transit
Credit: Ted Ambrose, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 between 6:32 and 12:21 BST from Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire, England using a 8" Celestron Schmidt Cassegrain and a Nikon FE SLR with T-adapter and coupling at prime focus. Exposures 1/60th sec. The telescope was polar aligned on equatorial mount with motor driven tracking and a full aperture solar filter fitted.
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Venus transit
Credit: Ted Ambrose, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 between 6:32 and 12:21 BST from Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire, England using a 8" Celestron Schmidt Cassegrain and a Nikon FE SLR with T-adapter and coupling at prime focus. Exposures 1/60th sec. The telescope was polar aligned on equatorial mount with motor driven tracking and a full aperture solar filter fitted.
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Venus transit
Credit: Ted Ambrose, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 between 6:32 and 12:21 BST from Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire, England using a 8" Celestron Schmidt Cassegrain and a Nikon FE SLR with T-adapter and coupling at prime focus. Exposures 1/60th sec. The telescope was polar aligned on equatorial mount with motor driven tracking and a full aperture solar filter fitted.
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Venus transit
Credit: Ted Ambrose, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 between 6:32 and 12:21 BST from Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire, England using a 8" Celestron Schmidt Cassegrain and a Nikon FE SLR with T-adapter and coupling at prime focus. Exposures 1/60th sec. The telescope was polar aligned on equatorial mount with motor driven tracking and a full aperture solar filter fitted.
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Venus transit
Credit: Ted Ambrose, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 between 6:32 and 12:21 BST from Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire, England using a 8" Celestron Schmidt Cassegrain and a Nikon FE SLR with T-adapter and coupling at prime focus. Exposures 1/60th sec. The telescope was polar aligned on equatorial mount with motor driven tracking and a full aperture solar filter fitted.
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Venus transit
Credit: Ted Ambrose, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 between 6:32 and 12:21 BST from Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire, England using a 8" Celestron Schmidt Cassegrain and a Nikon FE SLR with T-adapter and coupling at prime focus. Exposures 1/60th sec. The telescope was polar aligned on equatorial mount with motor driven tracking and a full aperture solar filter fitted.
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Venus transit
Credit: Ted Ambrose, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 between 6:32 and 12:21 BST from Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire, England using a 8" Celestron Schmidt Cassegrain and a Nikon FE SLR with T-adapter and coupling at prime focus. Exposures 1/60th sec. The telescope was polar aligned on equatorial mount with motor driven tracking and a full aperture solar filter fitted.
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Venus transit - solar activity before the transit
Credit: Kelvin Stephens, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Wadi Rum, Jordan using a Celestron C80 and a Pentax SP1000 camera and Elitechrome Extra 100 film. Shutter speed 1/500th sec. 25mm othoscopic eyepiece. Time 05:00 UT.
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Venus transit - closeup of tiny pores of activity
Credit: Kelvin Stephens, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Wadi Rum, Jordan using a Celestron C80 and a Pentax SP1000 camera and Elitechrome Extra 100 film. Shutter speed 1/500th sec. 9mm
othoscopic eyepiece. Time 05:04 UT.
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Venus transit - ingress just commencing
Credit: Kelvin Stephens, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Wadi Rum, Jordan using a Celestron C80 and a Pentax SP1000 camera and Elitechrome Extra 100 film. Shutter speed 1/500th sec. 9mm
othoscopic eyepiece. Time 05:19 UT.
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Venus transit
Credit: Kelvin Stephens, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Wadi Rum, Jordan using a Celestron C80 and a Pentax SP1000 camera and Elitechrome Extra 100 film. Shutter speed 1/500th sec. 9mm
othoscopic eyepiece. Time 05:20 UT.
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Venus transit
Credit: Kelvin Stephens, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Wadi Rum, Jordan using a Celestron C80 and a Pentax SP1000 camera and Elitechrome Extra 100 film. Shutter speed 1/500th sec. 9mm
othoscopic eyepiece. Time 05:30 UT.
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Venus transit
Credit: Kelvin Stephens, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Wadi Rum, Jordan using a Celestron C80 and a Pentax SP1000 camera and Elitechrome Extra 100 film. Shutter speed 1/500th sec. 9mm
othoscopic eyepiece. Time 05:44 UT.
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Venus transit
Credit: Kelvin Stephens, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Wadi Rum, Jordan using a Celestron C80 and a Pentax SP1000 camera and Elitechrome Extra 100 film. Shutter speed 1/500th sec. 25mm
othoscopic eyepiece. Time 06:10 UT.
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Venus transit
Credit: Kelvin Stephens, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Wadi Rum, Jordan using a Celestron C80 and a Pentax SP1000 camera and Elitechrome Extra 100 film. Shutter speed 1/500th sec. 9mm
othoscopic eyepiece. Time 06:26 UT.
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Venus transit
Credit: Kelvin Stephens, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Wadi Rum, Jordan using a Celestron C80 and a Pentax SP1000 camera and Elitechrome Extra 100 film. Shutter speed 1/500th sec. 9mm
othoscopic eyepiece. Time 07:00 UT.
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Venus transit
Credit: Kelvin Stephens, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Wadi Rum, Jordan using a Celestron C80 and a Pentax SP1000 camera and Elitechrome Extra 100 film. Shutter speed 1/500th sec. 9mm
othoscopic eyepiece. Time 07:25 UT.
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Venus transit - nearest the centre of the solar disc
Credit: Kelvin Stephens, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Wadi Rum, Jordan using a Celestron C80 and a Pentax SP1000 camera and Elitechrome Extra 100 film. Shutter speed 1/500th sec. 25mm
othoscopic eyepiece. Time 08:29 UT.
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Venus transit
Credit: Kelvin Stephens, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Wadi Rum, Jordan using a Celestron C80 and a Pentax SP1000 camera and Elitechrome Extra 100 film. Shutter speed 1/500th sec. 25mm
othoscopic eyepiece. Time 09:05 UT.
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Venus transit
Credit: Kelvin Stephens, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Wadi Rum, Jordan using a Celestron C80 and a Pentax SP1000 camera and Elitechrome Extra 100 film. Shutter speed 1/500th sec. 9mm
othoscopic eyepiece. Time 10:05 UT.
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Venus transit
Credit: Kelvin Stephens, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Wadi Rum, Jordan using a Celestron C80 and a Pentax SP1000 camera and Elitechrome Extra 100 film. Shutter speed 1/500th sec. 25mm
othoscopic eyepiece. Time 11:00 UT.
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Venus transit - commencing egress
Credit: Kelvin Stephens, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Wadi Rum, Jordan using a Celestron C80 and a Pentax SP1000 camera and Elitechrome Extra 100 film. Shutter speed 1/500th sec. 9mm
othoscopic eyepiece. Time 11:03 UT.
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Venus transit
Credit: Kelvin Stephens, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Wadi Rum, Jordan using a Celestron C80 and a Pentax SP1000 camera and Elitechrome Extra 100 film. Shutter speed 1/500th sec. 9mm
othoscopic eyepiece. Time 11:06 UT.
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Venus transit
Credit: Kelvin Stephens, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Wadi Rum, Jordan using a Celestron C80 and a Pentax SP1000 camera and Elitechrome Extra 100 film. Shutter speed 1/500th sec. 9mm
othoscopic eyepiece. Time 11:12 UT.
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Venus transit
Credit: Kelvin Stephens, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Wadi Rum, Jordan using a Celestron C80 and a Pentax SP1000 camera and Elitechrome Extra 100 film. Shutter speed 1/500th sec. 9mm
othoscopic eyepiece. Time 11:18 UT.
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Venus transit
Credit: Kelvin Stephens, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Wadi Rum, Jordan using a Celestron C80 and a Pentax SP1000 camera and Elitechrome Extra 100 film. Shutter speed 1/500th sec. 9mm
othoscopic eyepiece. Time 11:19 UT.
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Venus transit
Credit: Kelvin Stephens, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Wadi Rum, Jordan using a Celestron C80 and a Pentax SP1000 camera and Elitechrome Extra 100 film. Shutter speed 1/500th sec. 9mm
othoscopic eyepiece. Time 11:20 UT.
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Venus transit - completed egress
Credit: Kelvin Stephens, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Wadi Rum, Jordan using a Celestron C80 and a Pentax SP1000 camera and Elitechrome Extra 100 film. Shutter speed 1/500th sec. 9mm
othoscopic eyepiece. Time 11:21 UT.
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Venus transit close up
Credit: Steve Doman, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Chesham, England using a Celestron 114GT and a Kodak LS443 camera with eyepiece projection.
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Venus transit
Credit: Steve Doman, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Chesham, England using a Celestron 114GT and a Kodak LS443 camera with eyepiece projection.
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Venus transit montage
Credit: Jan Dell, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Four images taken 8th June 2004 from Woodrow High House, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England using a Celestron NexStar 130GT and Fugi FinePix F601Zoom Digital Camera at f/5. Photo taken by holding camera lens over a 10mm & 25mm eyepiece with orange filter attached, using a 2x Barlow. Homemade solar filter used to cover a 5" aperture. Unprocessed, inverted image.
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Venus at egress
Credit: Jan Dell, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Woodrow High House, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England using a Celestron NexStar 130GT and Fugi FinePix F601Zoom Digital Camera at f/5. Photo taken by holding camera lens over a 25mm eyepiece with orange filter attached, using a 2x Barlow. Homemade solar filter used to cover a 5" aperture. Unprocessed, inverted image.
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Venus transit
Credit: Paul Millington, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Woodrow High House, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England using a Celestron Nexstar 4 telescope and a Fuji Finepix digital camera.
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Venus transit
Credit: Paul Millington, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Woodrow High House, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England using a Celestron Nexstar 4 telescope and a Fuji Finepix digital camera.
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Venus transit
Credit: Paul Millington, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Woodrow High House, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England using a Celestron Nexstar 4 telescope and a Fuji Finepix digital camera.
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Venus transit - beginning, middle and end.
Credit: David Godwin, Wycombe Astronomical Society
Taken 8th June 2004 from Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England using a 8-inch Dobsonian telescope and a Nikon 990 camera. Three 1/150s shots at f/4.2 taken at (left to right) 05:40, 08:08 and 11:02 UT. (Click image to see all three shots, thumbnail shows the 08:08 shot).
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