Mark's images
 

Setup on the fields behind Marks house in Binley.  Just before the start of the transit I am trying to focus the camera 135 mm lens attached to my Philips 740K webcam.	Looking for the details of any Sun spots while Venus does her magic.	Here is the first image of Venus just after first contact.
Here we see Venus just after second contact.	Just a little while in to the transit.
	Here we are just about 1 hour into the transit and getting ready for the move into Coventry for the public showing.	We have now relocated to Priory Square next to Coventry Cathedral to show the public the transit of Venus.
Visitors looking at the Suns projected image.	More Visitors.	Colin trying to image 3rd and 4th contact with his 740K webcam.
Vaughan projecting the sun on to a piece of card.

Mike's Images
 
 

These were taken after 1st contact with my little 3" reflector, projecting onto a handheld screen (white paper sellotaped to clipboard.	No cardboard box to  shade the image), photographed with a handheld Olympus mu 300 digital camera.	This image is with the Northumberland Refractor, a 300mm refractor  (and its finder scope)
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This image was I think with a medium-size reflector, say 200mm	101 was taken in the main lecture theatre of the Institute of Astronomy at 3rd contact. Don't know the size of the scopes which were providing the images  but they were pretty large!
		NB - the Northumberland telescope and the outside scope in Cambridge were  both being operated by the Cambridge Univ Astronomy Society CUAS.

Clive's Images
 
 

Mark and Paritosh waiting for first contact at Binley.	A quick photo of the projected image from Mark's 6" Newtonian	The first visitor of the day.  Time, just after first contact.
A snap shot of my laptop screen with a piece of cardboard keeping the Sun off.	Here we have moved into Priory St,  Coventry.	All of these images were taken during moments of quiet.
More visitors looking at Venus cross the Sun.  Part of the "Old Cathedral" in the background.		The Cathedral entrance is seen in the background.
	Mark's 6" Newtonian projecting the Sun's image into a shoe box.
Vaughan projecting the Sun's image.	This is coming up to 3rd contact.
		A very good day.  I believe we had in excess of 400 visitors passing through to view the transit of Venus.  Many came out of their offices and shops.  A lot of students also came to have a look when their studies and exams allowed. We used a 2" refractor,   a 6" f/8 Newtonian,   a 4 1/2" f/8 Newtonian and solar eclipse viewers from the BAA. Colin used his Philips 740K webcam with a camera lens attached. Although to start the day Colin had got his laptop wet because of setting up to close to the fountain which is on a timer and was not running when he set up.  Unfortunately my laptop stopped working so I could not get the rest of the transit once we relocated into  Priory Street, Coventry.

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