Transit of Venus
8 June 2004


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Second Contact - 08:39:08

Second Contact - 08:39:30

 

09:00:44

 

nearing mid-point - 10:12:24

 

These pictures were taken with my Sony DSC-S70 digital camera through a Celestron C5 telescope.  The assembly is described elsewhere on my website - click here to navigate to that page.

 

The transit was observed from a hotel complex in Sharm el Sheikh, a resort on the extreme south-east tip of the Sinai Peninsular, Egypt.

 

GPS gave my position as  N27° 52.351"  E34° 18.285"

The timings are local, which were 3 hours ahead of GMT.

 

 

 

 

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updated 17Jun2004