The Transit of Venus Across the Sun
8 June, 2004

Photos taken by J. Miller using a Kodak EasyShare CX4230 2MP digital camera,
aimed through the eyepiece of a Celestron C8, f/10.

Click each image below for a larger version

Ready for action!	Ahh!
Inspecting the solar filter (That's the sun on my hat!)	Now the Sun's above my head
5:33 a.m.: The sun rises above the trees (Note: These images are reversed, so Venus was moving toward the right side of the Sun's limb)	6:15 a.m.: Venus appears as a round dot (You're also seeing the telescope eyepiece around the image of the Sun)
6:17 a.m.	6:18 a.m.
6:36 a.m.: Under higher magnification	6:37 a.m.
6:38 a.m.	7:00 a.m.
7:00 a.m.	7:00 a.m.
7:00 a.m.: Detail of image; two sunspots are also visible (click image for larger, annotated version)	7:01 a.m.
7:01 a.m.	7:07 a.m.: Third contact
7:07 a.m.: Note the "tear drop" effect; When Venus is near the limb of the Sun, the "dot" becomes distorted!	Zoomed in on the distorted Venus
The crowd was small, but enthusiastic!