During the spring months of 2004, Venus was visible in the evening sky as a very bright object, above the western horizon. Many spectacular photos were obtained, some carefully composed with selected foreground objects and providing impressive views. 
 Most of this time, Venus was located near planets Mars and Saturn in the sky and once a month the Moon also passed by. Some photos therefore also show Venus together with one or more of these objects. 
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 in the Evening Sky      [1417 x 1063 pix         - 800k] 
  Peter Stättmayer           Canon A80          April 1, 2004          Herrsching near Munich, Germany      |           Venus Meets the Moon      [1600 x 1200 pix         - 397k] 
  Attila Mizser            Nikon Coolpix 4300          ISO 400; 1/4 sec; f/2.8          [Seen above the Chain Bridge; Mars is faintly visible to the        left of the Moon]          April 23, 2004, in the evening          Budapest, Hungary      |  
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|          Venus and the Moon above Sydney      [978 x 665 pix         - 492k] 
  Laszlo Kiss            Canon Powershot A70          50 ASA          [Above the Sydney Opera House]          April 24, 2004, ~8:15 UT          Sydney, Australia      |           Venus and the Monument      [600 x 403 pix         - 46k] 
  Pencho Markishky           Konica VX400          Flektogon f/2.4; f=35; 7 sec          [Above the Memorial Complex]          17 October 1999, 03:15 UT          Shumen, Bulgaria          More images at this         site     |  
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|          Venus and the Moon above the Khephren Pyramid      [800 x 579 pix         - 100 k] 
  Aymen Ibrahim           Biblioteca Alexandrina          Practica 35 mm camera with Zenith 2.8/37 mm objective          Fujicolor 400; 1/2 sec          May 14, 2002          Plateau of Giza, Egypt      |           Créac'h and Venus      [1024 x 768 pix         - 320k] 
  Laurent Laveder           Zuiko 16 mm 1:3.5 objective             Sensia 200; 20 sec          ["Two Lighthouses in the Night"]          February 7, 2004          Ouessant Island, France          More images at this         site     |  
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|          Venus above S.M. di Leuca      [100 x 974 pix         - 672k] 
  Domenico Licchelli           Canon A80; f/2.8; 1/30 sec          More images at this site          May 9, 2004          S.M. di Leuca, Italy      |           Venus and the Moon      [732 x 489 pix         - 70k] 
  Jean-Marie Maillard           More images at this site          March 24, 2004          Liège, Belgium      |  
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|          Three Planets and the Obelisk      [1000 x 750 pix         - 335k] 
  Albert White   Irish         Astronomical Society          Canon G3; f/2; 10 sec; ISO 50          [Venus, Saturn and Mars above the Obelisk on Killaney Hill]          Co. Dublin, Ireland      |           Three Planets and the Moon      [750 x 1000 pix         - 604k]  [1704 x 2272 pix         - 794k]  [With names -        750 x 1000 pix - 616k]  [With names -         1704 x 2272 pix - 815k] 
  Francoise Delplancke            Amateur Group for Astronomy Projects at ESO (AGAPE)          Canon G2 with zoom          April 22, 2004, 20:00 UT          Garching, Germany          More images at this         site     |  
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|          Venus and the Moon      [512 x 384  pix         - 36k] 
  Ilyan Darganov           Nikon Coolpix 995          May 21, 2004         Varna, Bulgaria          More images at this        site     |           Venus and the Moon above Varna      [700 x 566 pix         - 952k] 
  Valerii V. Poshtarov           Samsung Digimax 330          May 21, 2004          Varna, Bulgaria      |  
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|          Venus, the Moon and the Telescope      [672 x 1017 pix         - 350k] 
  Domenico Licchelli           Osservatorio del Fiorini          Canon A80; f/2.8          1/15 sec          May 20, 2004, 18:48 UT          Lecce, Italy      |           Three Planets and the Observatory      [1728 x 1296 pix         - 117k] 
  Ottó Méhes           Queen's Observatory           Kodak DX6490 Digicamera; 5x zoom          Exposure 16 sec          [Venus, Mars and Saturn; the wire indicates the Ecliptic]          May 17, 2004, 01:30 UT          Kingston, Ontario, Canada      |  
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|          Venus' Crescent      [438 x 508 pix         - 67k] 
  Michael Zimmermann           [ AAW         Darmstadt]          70mm Televue Pronto refractor          Nikon Coolpix digital camera          May 25, 2004          Darmstadt, Germany      |           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      |  
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|          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 and Orion Rising      [1544 x 1024 pix         - 190k] 
  Aymen Ibrahem           Bibliotheca Alexandrina          Practica with Zenith 2.8/37mm          Fujicolor 400; 10 min          [Red Sea Mountains in the foreground]          August 16, 2004 
          Plateau of Om Nofea, Hurghada, Egypt     |  
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