The transit of Venus took place on 2004 June 8th between 05:20UT and 11:20UT. I was at Worth Matravers, on the South coast of England. I used my LX200 with f/6.3 reducer and ToUcam, with a full aperture solar filter to get the high magnification images of ingress and egress. I also used a 300mm SLR lens with filter to image as much of the Suns disk as possible.
Below are a sequence of images showing ingress, mid passage (to follow
shortly) and egress (click to follow link).
Happy campers with my LX200, Bill Wakefields Ha scope and David
Stranges dome in the back ground. (Image by Dave Strange).
Taken about 05:31UT.
Taken about 05:33UT.
Taken about 05:35UT.
Taken about 05:37UT.
Taken about 05:37UT.
Taken about 05:38UT.
Taken about 05:38UT.
Taken about 05:39UT.
Taken about 05:39UT.
Taken about 05:39UT.
Taken about 05:40UT.
Taken about 05:40UT.
Taken about 05:40UT.
Taken about 05:41UT.
Animation of the above sequence showing ingress.