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TQ2455 : Transit of Venus

near to Kingswood, Surrey, Great Britain

Transit of Venus

A group of engineers and scientists gather early in the morning before (possibly) more mundane real work starts, to observe the first transit of Venus across the sun's disc in living memory.

The telescope in the picture provided stunning pictures of the entire sequence using digital photography and also through the eyepiece; others (including myself, equipped with a pair of binoculars to project the sun's image onto a card) had brought alternative ways of viewing the transit too - but the most innovative "viewing device" can also be seen in the picture - observe the traffic cone experiencing a new purpose as a pinhole camera to the right of the picture!

It worked too!

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2004

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Grid Square: TQ2455, 11 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Hywel Williams (find more nearby)
Image classification: Supplemental image
Date Taken: Tuesday, 8 June, 2004 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 16 January, 2007
Category: Research centre (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 247 559 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:17.3155N 0:12.7881W
View Direction: Southeast (about 135 degrees)