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The Venus Transit 2004

... Photos (201-210)

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.


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Venus Transit - The End

Venus Transit - The End

[648 x 514 pix - 27k]

DOT Group
45-cm Dutch Open Telescope
G-band image
[Venus' atmosphere is visible as a bright, circular band outside the solar disc. This remarkable effect is due to refraction in the upper layers of Venus' atmosphere that bends the transmitted sunlight in our direction. See also the DOT Egress movie] More information at this site.
June 8, 2004
La Palma, Spain

Venus Transit - The End

Venus Transit - The End

[648 x 514 pix - 21k]

DOT Group
45-cm Dutch Open Telescope
Ca II K image
[Venus' atmosphere is visible as a bright, circular band outside the solar disc. This remarkable effect is due to refraction in the upper layers of Venus' atmosphere that bends the transmitted sunlight in our direction. See also the DOT Egress movie] More information at this site.
June 8, 2004
La Palma, Spain

Venus and Solar Granulation

Venus and Solar Granulation

[1000 x 741 pix - 141k]

Ralf Vandebergh
6-inch f/8 refractor
June 8, 2004, 7:50:41 UT
The Netherlands

Venus and the Photosphere

Venus and the Photosphere

[1000 x 824 pix - 202k]

Ralf Vandebergh
6-inch f/8 refractor
Green-Yellow filters
Sony TRV740E videocamera
Composite of 88 frames
June 8, 2004, 9:34:40 UT
The Netherlands

Venus Near 3rd Contact

Venus Near 3rd Contact

[1000 x 802 pix - 57k]

Ralf Vandebergh
6-inch f/8 refractor
June 8, 2004, 10:59:32 UT
The Netherlands

Venus at 3rd Contact

Venus at 3rd Contact

[1000 x 783 pix - 53k]

Ralf Vandebergh
6-inch f/8 refractor
Sony TRV740E videocamera
Composite of 88 frames
June 8, 2004, 11:02:54 UT
The Netherlands

Venus' Atmosphere

Venus' Atmosphere

[1000 x 802 pix - 53k]

Ralf Vandebergh
6-inch f/8 refractor
[Sunlight scattered in the upper layers of Venus' atmosphere produces a bright ring - an "aureole"]
June 8, 2004, 11:05:31 UT
The Netherlands

Venus Transit

Venus Transit

[400 x 400 pix - 25k]

Thomas Abbott
4-inch Meade Newtonian reflector
Canon Ixus 400 through eyepiece
June 8, 2004
Johannesburg, South Africa

Venus Transit

Venus Transit

[505 x 530 pix - 15k]

Tom Engelsman
June 8, 2004, 05:52 UT
Melbourne, Australia

Venus Transit - After 2nd Contact

Venus Transit - After 2nd Contact

[704 x 576 pix - 19k]

Arto Oksanen
[Nyrola Observatory]
June 8, 2004, 05:40:41 UT
Finland

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