Venus and the Sun

[LightHunter]

Next Tuesday Venus will pass in front of the sun. What would be the best way to photograph this phenomenon?

Sorry that no picture is attached but I though all of you might know and maybe somebody could help me out.

[KO_300D]

I was just about to post the same thing when I came across this thread!

Apologies Lighthunter for kinda also jumping in with questions also rather than an answer, but I'm also interested in photographing this event and need some advice.
I'm not looking to get publishable pics really, as my max zoom is a 300mm, so in fact I may not catch it at all.

Is it damaging to the camera to shoot a pic directly at the sun? Which filters are recommended for these kind of shots?

Thanks all in advance, and apologies again Lighthunter!

[meow]

I doubt you would catch anything else than light. I think you need either a special equipped telescope or you can maybe catch a projected picture by holding a binocular lens or something towards the sun and let it project a picture on something white. If you look at pictures from earlier transits you can see that Venus is about the size of a small pea and the sun the size of a largish melon in comparison. It's in no way an eclipse. The sunlight will be as strong as ever. That's what I *think*. Not what I know. :lol:

[CyberDyneSystems]

I just need to point oput a wonderfull little coincidence...

I just looked at the "recent posts" and of the 73 results.. two in a rwo were titled

"Venus and the Sun"
followed by;
"Goddess of the Wind"

....and I am thinking to myself.. "this LightHunter fellow has developed himself a very healthy respect for women... " :wink:

[JZaun]

To get pics of Venus and the sun I suggest cantacting your local Astronomical society. They will surely be set up to view this once in a lifetime event. In Richmond Va. our club RAS are setting up with the Local Science museum and it is open to the public. You need special and expensive filters to view the sun directly or as already pointed out you can do a projection. You will only see a small spot move across the sun.

JZ

[meow]

It has started. :shock:

Let's collect some cool URLs. :)

http://www.tbobs.lu.se/venuspass.html
http://vt-2004.solarphysics.kva.se/webim/webim.shtml

[richpix]

http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/venus-eclipsing-sun.html