Venus in Transit, 5:50-11:00 UT, Detail

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Venus in Transit, 5:50-11:00 UT, Detail

A 32 image GIF movie of the planet's movement in front of the solar disk during 5 hours, highly compressed. File size 541 KB, may take some time to load. Be sure to activate animated images with your browser. See also the Full-Sun Version of the same animation.

5:50-11:00 UT

Venus is the round black disk which moves across the solar disk. The dark spots near the upper edge are sunspots, at right a solar flare region can be seen. North is up and west is to the right.

Exposure Data

Instrument: APM 4.1" f/6.2 APO with Baader solar filter foil
F/stop: 12.4 (2x teleconverter)
Exposure: 32 x 1/60 second
Camera: Nikon D70 Digital SLR
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Date: June 8th, 2004
Exposure start: 11:53 MESZ
Location: Niederleis, Lower Austria
Conditions: Clear at the beginning, later clouds move in, slight wind
Enhancement: Adobe Photoshop CS 8.0
Notes: One picture every 10 minutes was taken.

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