VENUS TRANSIT

JUNE 8, 2004

by

DAVID O. DARLING

SUN PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN, U.S.A.

Photograph taken 10:48 UT using 5" RFT refractor with Sony Digital Camera DSC-P71.

Photograph taken 11:06 UT using 5" RFT refractor with Sony Digital Camera DSC-P71.

Photograph taken 11:06 UT using 5" RFT refractor with Sony Digital Camera DSC-P71. Enlarge portion of before picture. This was the only photograph that showed the faint star like point in the center of planet disk.

Photograph taken at 11:07 UT using Orion 5" RFT refractor with a Sony Digital Camera DSC-P71, this photograph shows the tear drop effect.