Here are some pictures from the June 2004 Transit of Venus taken in the grounds of Woodrow High House, Buckinghamshire, UK with members of Wycombe Astronomical Society. All pictures taken by the author on a Canon AE1 Program with a Tamron 35-70 zoom lens.
Members of the Society setting up first thing in the morning.
My alternative contraption, previously used for the 2003-05-07 Transit of Mercury
Two photographs taken looking into my contraption at or just after second contact. The sun is shown elliptically because of the oblique angle of the camera, of course.
Transit in progress.
The Society's 10" Meade LX-200, with Chris' webcam on the back feeding into his laptop with the results displayed using Jackie's projector.
The general scene at Woodrow later in the morning. The kids visiting Woodrow House came over for a look. A few people can be seen peering in through the observatory door at the projection shown above.
My contraption with another, put together by Linda's husband, which used a small diameter, long focus, telescope to project into the bottom of a cute little tiger bin (to create shade).
Third contact.
Venus leaving the Sun. By this time the inclination was quite high so my contraption was getting a bit wobbly. Also, the breeze had picked up. Consequently, a steadying hand was useful for photography.
