Transit of Venus

A selection of images and movies showing the transit of Venus on 8th June 2004, as viewed from Finchley, London, UK.

Click on any image for an enlargement.


Equipment
Telescope: Intes MK-66 Deluxe, 152 / 1800mm Maksutov.
Mount: EQ3-2 with R.A. motor drive.
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 990.
Webcam:  Philips Toucam Pro.
Filters: Baader solar film (objective), Baader IR-UV filter (webcam).

Software
Movie frame stacking: RegiStax 2.
Image adjustment: Corel Photo-Paint.


Digital stills

Images photographed through a 40mm Plossl eyepiece (equivalent to 45x magnification).


0630 BST.

0736 BST.

1105 BST.

1151 BST.

0820 BST (with 3x optical zoom).

1148 BST (with 3x optical zoom).

0822 BST.

1109 BST.


Webcam images

Images processed from 640 x 480 pixel video sequences - each 30 seconds at 15 frames per second.


0753 BST. 450 frames stacked (using 2x Barlow lens).

1128 BST. 450 frames stacked (using 2x Barlow lens).

1129 BST. 450 frames stacked (using 2x Barlow lens).

1122 BST. 450 frames stacked.

1132 BST. 450 frames stacked.


Raw webcam movie

Five second compressed segment of 1132 BST webcam movie.


End of transit animation

A sequence of 29 webcam-sourced images (1159 BST to 1224 BST) animated using Movie Maker and post-stabilized using Icarus.