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Instead of staying up late, WAS members were up early on the morning of June 8th, 2004 to go to the Society's observatory at Woodrow House, Amersham. Their goal - to watch a once-in-a-lifetime event from British soil - Venus making a transit of the Sun. The event will never be seen again in our lifetime from the UK, so it was not to be missed. For once, the British weather was on our side - sunny with highs of 32 celcius throughout the day.

Along with members from the Society, a large group of children who were staying at Woodrow House for school activities were able to safely watch the transit using the Society's telescope and the many other telescopes brought by members. The Society's telescope was used to project a large image of the sun on the observatory wall, other members used binoculars in a box setup to project the view safely. Others used solar filters that had been made previously on WAS practical evenings. Below are a few pictures from the event. Pictures of the transit itself can be seen in the Image Gallery.

WAS member Kelvin Stephen has written an article about the transit itself. Click here to read the article.

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