Venus Transit
8 June 2004

Hopkins Phoenix Observatory
Not so amateur astronomy!

Location: Just South East of Little Falls, New York, USA
Latitude:
N 42 degrees 59.746 minutes
Longitude: W 074 degrees 48.167 minutes
Altiude: 723 feet ASL

Equipment

Telescope:
Meade ETX-60
60 MM Objective
f/5.8 * 350 mm FL

Filters:
Full Aperture Scopetronix Class A Solar Filter

Contrast-Booster Eyepiece Filter

Detector/Computer:
TouCam Pro 840k

Dell Latitude Laptop



Cat in the Hat
Ready for the Transit


Equipment

Hat Serves as Head Warmer and
Shield for Solar Observing

Sunrise

Pre-Sunrise Moon
09:03 UT

Sunrise through the Trees



Pre-Sunrise Moon
08:33 UT

CLICK ON IMAGES FOR LARGER VIEW

10:00:00 UT
1/25 Sec Max Gain

10:03:00 UT
1/25 Sec Max Gain

10:08:00 UT
1/25 Sec @ 20% Gain

10:11:00 UT
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10:25:00 UT
1/33 Sec @ 0% Gain

10:28:00 UT
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10:30:00 UT
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10:23:00 UT
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10:36:00 UT
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10:37:00 UT
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10:34:00 UT
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10:38:00 UT
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10:46:00 UT
1/50 Sec@ 10% Gain

10:48:00 UT
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10:49:00 UT
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10:40:00 UT
1/33 Sec @ 0% Gain

10:52:00 UT
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10:50:00 UT
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10:51:00 UT
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10:53:00 UT
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10:54:00 UT
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10:55:00 UT
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10:56:00 UT
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10:57:00 UT
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11:00:30 UT
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10:58:00 UT
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11:01:15 UT
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11:01:45 UT
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11:18:00 UT
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11:02:00 UT
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11:02:15 UT
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11:17:50 UT
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11:18:30 UT
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The Atmosphere of Venus

11:18:15 UT
1/50 Sec @ 0% Gain

Venus 20 May 2004

Projection Close-up

Jeff Hopkins
Transit Projection

Pamela Rose
Projection of Transit with her 8" DOB

Computer Monitor Display of Venus Transit

Mercury Transit
15 November 1999


Present Page Version as of
11 June 2004


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