Year 2002 - 2005 images by Society members
Year 2002 - 2005 images
TRANSIT OF VENUS
Knowle Astronomical Society members gathered in Dorridge Park early on 8 June 2004 to witness a "once in a lifetime" sight - the transit of Venus across the face of the sun. Weather conditions were perfect and over 100 members of the public also turned up to see this remarkable event.
Phil Green has put together a slide show of images and newspaper cuttings showing the event at Dorridge Park and also some pictures of the transit itself. He has bundled them up in a "pdf" file - see below.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW OR DOWNLOAD THE SLIDE SHOW "PDF" FILE (2.3MB)
CONJUNCTION OF VENUS AND MERCURY
Taken shortly after sunset.
Date: 26 June 2005
Equipment: Tripod mounted Sony TRV620E Digital 8 camcorder fitted with a 2 x Teleconversion lens.
Produced by stacking approximately 15 seconds of 16 x 9 aspect PAL video. Contrast stretched in Registax.
Photographer: Leslie Kaye
CONJUNCTION OF VENUS AND MERCURY
Taken shortly after sunset.
Date: 26 June 2005
Equipment: Tripod mounted Sony TRV620E Digital 8 camcorder fitted with a 2 x Teleconversion lens.
Produced by stacking approximately 15 seconds of 16 x 9 aspect PAL video. Contrast stretched in Registax.
Photographer: Leslie Kaye
SATURN
Date: 17 December 2003
Photographer: Richard Birtles
SOLAR ERUPTION
Date:30 November 2003
Equipment: Baader film sun filter and Canon A70 camera held up against the eyepiece of a pair of 14 by 70 binoculars.
Photographer: Tony Jenks
TRANSIT OF MERCURY MAY 2003
The image shows Mercury exiting the sun's disc.
Date: 7 May 2003
Equipment: Orion Optics OMC140, Baader film sun filter, and ToU cam at prime focus.
Photographer: Richard Birtles
CONJUNCTION OF FIVE PLANETS 2002
Date: 23 April 2002
Taken at dusk, when five of the planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus, and Mercury were in "conjunction".
Photographer: Richard Birtles
OCCULTATION OF SATURN
Occultation of Saturn by the moon. Date: 16 April 2002 Saturn is just re-appearing from behind the moon.
Photographer: Richard Birtles
OCCULTATION OF SATURN
Occultation of Saturn by the moon. Saturn has just re-appeared.
Photographer: Richard Birtles
JUPITER
Date: March 2002
Equipment: Phillips ToUcam webcam on an Orion OMC 140 at prime focus with a x2 teleconverter.
Total exposure time was about twenty five seconds and it is a composite of sixty frames using astrostack software.
Photographer: Richard Birtles
