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Riccardo
Robitschek, Giovanni Maria Caglieris, Milan, Italy Jun. 8 |
#1 | Venus 2 minutes after 4th contact showing halo and bright polar spot aligned with the north pole of the planet ( north is about 45° down-left on the image). 2Ĺ H-alpha-coronograph image at 2,5 m equivalent focal length on 4 ˝ inch refractor and Starlight-Xpress MX512 CCD camera with mechanical shutter set at 1/250, taken by Riccardo Robitschek and Gianmaria Caglieris, Milan (Italy) on 08.06.2004, 11h 26m UT. |
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Duane
Clausen, Menominee, MI Jun. 08 |
#1, #2 | I took these images of Venus and the Sun the morning of the 8th with the Menominee Lighthouse Pier in the foreground. |
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Michael
F. Borman, Evansville, Indiana Jun. 08 |
#1, #2, #3, more | Members of the Evansville Astronomical Society observe & photograph the Venus Transit from Reitz Hill overlooking the Ohio River. |
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Ed
Magowan, Pensacola, Florida, USA Jun. 08 |
#1, #2, more | A rare cloudless June morning in NW Florida. We were able to watch the entire ~45 minutes from the first appearance of the sun as it rose over Escambia Bay. Digital Rebel on Celestron Ultima 9.25. |
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Alexandre
Amorim, Florianopolis, Brasil Jun. 08 |
#1, | Sketch taken from a solar projection using 60mm f/13 Refractor. The event was observed at 11:21:20 to 11:23:30 UT |
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Rémi
Boucher, Mont-Megantic, Quebec, CANADA Jun. 08 |
#1 | Here in Quebec, we only got the end of the transit, but it was pretty spectacular to see the sun rising with Venus' silhouette in front of it. |
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Marko
Myllyniemi, Ilmajoki, Finland, EU Jun. 08 |
#1, more | Photo details : 8.6.2004, 8:36:44-8:38:59 Finnish summertime (UT+3h), Ilmajoki, Finland. Solarfilter + Newton 200/1000 mm + 30 mm ocular, Casio QV-5700 digicam at ocular magnification |
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Michael
Schmidt, Klein-Winternheim, Germany Jun. 08 |
#1, #2, #3, more | All pictures of this century-event were taken with a Philips ToU Webcam and a C8. |
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Juan
Carlos Casado, Observatory of Castelltallat, Barcelona (Spain) Jun. 08 |
#1, more | This image shows the central phase of the last venus transit. Perfect clear skies and good seeing. 152 mm aperture Newton-Maksutok telescope with a Nikon Coolpix 995 camera. |
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Sylvain Weiller of St Rémy les Chevreuse, France; from
Brian Oyer of Syracuse, NY; from
Sander Klieverik of the Netherlands; from
Gennady Marchenko of Kharkov, Ukraine; from
Fred Calvert at Cold Spring Observatory in Cold Spring, Kentucky;
from Lee Graham of Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada; from Giancarlo Ubaldo Nappi
of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; from
Christopher Go of Cebu City, Philippines; from
Mariano Ribas of Buenos Aires, Argentina; from
Dan Schechter of Nauset Light Beach in East Chatam on Cape Cod; |
