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Viewing the Transit of VenusOn Tuesday 8th June 2004 the visible surface of the Sun was crossed by the planet Venus. This is a very rare event and was last seen in December 1882. Venus started to appear against the yellow of the Sun’s disk at 6-20 am BST and finally left the visible solar disk at 12-24BST. As the planet traversed the Sun, it appeared as a black disk covering about 3% of the Sun’s diameter. Cloud cover caused problems at the beginning of the transit hence the poor contrast in some of the pictures. These images were taken a member of the society from his home at North Hykeham near Lincoln using a 8.5 inch Newtonian telescope stopped down to 3 inches and a Baader solar filter. Images were taken at prime focus using a ToUCam Webcam. Click on any image for a larger view.
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