Venus Transit of Sun, June 8, 2004
Image 1, 6:44:44 a.m.
Almost the end of the transit. Venus is close to the right edge.
It's diameter is about 1/32 that of the sun.
Photo taken at Fort Story in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Image 2, 6:53:46 a.m.
Image 3, 7:08:12 a.m.
Equipment setup
Basic tools: a camera, binoculars, some duct tape, cardboard, and coffee.
One optic of the binoculars shows through the orange paper; the projected
image of the sun can be seen on the white paper.
The sun photographs are all of the
projected images onto the paper and are not direct images of the sun.