These are various pictures submitted by members, presented in reverse chronological order of when they were added.

Pictures may have been scaled or cropped to better fit the page, no other alterations have been made to transit pictures unless noted otherwise (crowd/group pictures may have been sharpened/contrast enhanced).

Some people have asked why Venus appears in "different places" in these photos. The orientation depends on the telescope type (refractor, reflecting) and the method used (direct, projection) as well as the physical orientation of the telescope and camera relative to each other.

June 24

• Haldun Menali
• Eric Pauer

June 22

• Frank Sienkiewicz

June 15

• Mario Motta

June 13

• Peter Bealo

June 11

• Dave Wallace

June 10

• Mike Schexnaydre
• Bruce Tinkler

June 9

• Anna Hillier

• Eric Reines

• Paul Valleli

• Joseph Rothchild

• Steven Feinstein

June 8

• Bruce Berger

• Eileen Myers

• Glenn Meurer

Added June 24, 2004

From Haldun Menali

I went to Istanbul, Turkey with my wife to see the event. Although it was partly cloudy and we had a strong shower during mid-transit (we could not observe any of the contacts due to clouds!!!), I was able to take several shots at the prime focus of my 80mm Orion Short Tube refractor fitted with a full aperture Orion glass solar filter. It was worth the trip and experience! I also send you a few pictures of the crowds lining up to look through my 80mm refractor and the 8" Newtonian.

From Eric Pauer

It was taken from Brookline, NH using my Celestron 5" SCT through a Tutill Solar Skreen filter using Fuji Superia Reala color print film. The Tutill filter usually shows a whitish blue solar disk, but the low angle of the sun caused it to be orange.

Added June 22, 2004

From Frank Sienkiewicz

Some shots of the crowd at CfA.

Added June 15, 2004

From Mario Motta

Transit photo

Photo of Mario Motta looking through the small gregorian used by John Winthrop in 1769 transit

The large Gregorian commisioned by Ben Franklin for the 1769 transit

Crowds at the Harvard Scince center

Added June 13, 2004

From Peter Bealo

Several pictures taken at Peter's Sweet Hill Observatory in Plaistow, NH are contained in the .pdf file linked to the thumbnal image below.

(click image for pdf - opens in new window)

Added June 11, 2004

From Dave Wallace

These two shots were taken by a co-worker. (That's me at the scope.) I'm not sure whether the shot of the transit was taken through my Meade EXT-90 or my co-worker's Questar. We were set up in the parking lot of ECRM, Inc. in Tewksbury. There were only seven early-risers there but everybody agreed it was an awesome sight.

Added June 10, 2004

From Mike Schexnaydre

Nashua, NH. Mak-Newt Intes MN61, Orion (JMB) Solar Filter, Losmandy G11, ToUCam Pro at prime focus. Each image is a median of several video frames (8 - 20) for noise reduction.

From Bruce Tinkler

Naked eye shot just after sunrise. It was an incredible experience to be able to safely view the transit directly even for just a few moments!!!

A youngster observing through ATMoB's Jason Cerundolo's telescope.

Eye piece projection from ATMoB's Dave Aucoin's scope. [Webmaster note: image was contrast enhanced for placement on this page]

The crowd at waiting to come up to the roof to observe.

The line for the 9" Clark telescope.

ATMoB's Bruce Tinkler talking about the hobby and showing introductory astronomy books and magazines. Photo credit Jason Cerundolo.

Eye piece photograph from ATMoB's Jason Cerundolo's telescope. Photo credit Jason Cerundolo.

The crowd in the Phillip's Auditorium watching the show online. Note: the woman with the camera right in the front came to see the transit from California!!! Photo credit Jason Cerundolo.

Added June 9, 2004

From Anna Hillier

On the 8th floor of the Science Center at One Oxford Street, Harvard University, Cambridge, Ma. The heliostat worked to bring the sun down to the lecture hall.

From Eric Reines

Marblehead Middle School Fifth Grade Students viewed the 2004 Transit of Venus from Riverhead Beach on Marblehead Harbor when the Sun broke through the clouds at about 6:45 a.m. Eyepiece projection with my 8" Meade SCT and Televue 32mm Plossl worked well.

From Paul Valleli

Taken at the CfA (Harvard)

Line for the 15"

Dave Aucoin

Dave McGaw and Dave Kelly

Bob Collora asking Venus to say cheese...

Dome for 9"

Roof shot

Phil and Brian

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Dave Aucoin and 9" Clark

From Joseph Rothchild

This is a photo of the transit: 4" refractor and digital camera with eyepiece projection.

A photo of the sun rising over the reservoir in Newton by Boston College.

From Steven Feinstein

Not the greatest picture, but.... if you look closely you can see the Venus... Taken with a digital camera, placed up against the eyepiece of 8x56 binoculars outfitted with #14 Welder's glass.

Added June 8, 2004

From Bruce Berger

Paul Johnson, a professional photographer, took many photos of people at the site (Nashua NH). This one really hit me as being very cool. (Photo used by permission)

From Eileen Myers

These photos were taken at Oak Ridge Observatory in Harvard, MA. Solar images were taken by Joe Zajac with a hand held digital camera through my 4-inch Unitron refractor with Thousand Oaks filter, and through Joe Caruso's 2-1/2 inch Unitron. Intermittent clouds.

From Glenn Meurer

The "big picture" on how many folks there were at Nashua- many from ATMoB and NHAS.

A single frame (out of ~6000 I captured) this one of third contact captured by my Meade LPI and 8" LX-200(Classic).