Transit of Venus, 8 June 2004

End of Transit Images

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Venus moving towards the edge of the Sun's disk.

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The "black drop" effect.

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Venus moving off the Sun's disk at the end of the Transit.


All the images were taken by Mike Southby using a Meade ETX 125 telescope (borrowed from Kevin Miller) with a 26mm SP Eyepiece. The camera was a Canon S40 (digital) using the afocal method.

All photos © Mike Southby (2004)