| NOTES |
DATE:
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Sunday,
May
2, 2004 |
TIME:
|
10:17
pm EDT (Top) / 10:19 pm EDT (Bottom) |
CAMERA:
|
Phillips
ToUcam Pro (640x480) |
LOCATION:
|
Owl
Observatory - Kalamazoo Nature Center |
INSTRUMENT:
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12"
LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain at f/10 |
PROCESSING:
|
Images
acquired with K3CCDTools.
RegiStax 2.0 aligned and stacked 39
of 300 images. Further enhancements made
with Adobe Photoshop 7.0 |
COMMENTS:
|
Two
images of the crescent Venus as it appeared approximately one before
the historic June 8, 2004 transit. Not much in the way of detail,
but that's the reality of observing/imaging Venus in visible
light. Much sharper than I thought they would be - considering
the altitude of the planet at the time these images were acquired. |
![[Venus #1]](images/planets/venus050204a.jpg)
![[Venus #2]](images/planets/venus050204b.jpg)