2004 Venus Transit

[Jon Foster]

Another old shot...

This one is the transit of Venus across the Sun in 2004. Again, taken with my Sony Mavica FD-73 and Orion 4.5" reflector telescope with a solar filter.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/jfoster48386/Miscellaneous%20Shots%20Non%20300D/Astrophotography/VenusTransit23.jpg?t=1231728064

Jon.

[Nighthound]

Nice catch Jon. Unfortunately I didn't get at shot at that one, glad to see you did.

[Jon Foster]

Thanks Steve.

Jon.

[gabebalazs]

Cool shot! You caught it earlier than I did. Here are my shots:

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r279/gabebalazs/VenusPass.jpg

[Benandbobbi]

These are incredible. Great shots.

[Jon Foster]

Nice clean shots Gabe. What did you use for the captures?

Jon.

[bonzi13]

I learned in one of my physics classes this will be happening again in 2012 so every body get ready!

[gabebalazs]

Jon Foster,
SOrry, I didn't see your question sooner.

I used a very primitive method: I have an 8" Discover dob telescope with a self made sun filter (I bought the filter film then made a frame to attach to end of telescope).
Then I just used my Canon G3 which I just manually hand held to the eyepiece, checked the LCD and pressed the shutter. I took about 20 pictures, some come out good, some not so good.

Nowadays I own a Meade ETX 125 UHTC, the same old Discover dob, Canon 40D, meade Deep Sky Imager II... and haven't done any astrophotography :-)
Maybe I'll try some in the summer.

[Madweasel]

I learned in one of my physics classes this will be happening again in 2012 so every body get ready!
Everybody in your hemisphere that is! The 2012 one won't be visible from UK, but I was lucky enough to get a good view of the 2004 one, so I can't complain. My shots were on film.