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Venus Transit, June 2004

On June 8th, Venus passed directly in front of the sun: an extremely rare and significant astronomical event.

The Vectis Astronomical Society arranged a viewing at Chillerton, Isle of Wight, to raise money for the Ghurkas and the Island hospice. The turn out was very impressive, probably around the 500 level.

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Basic telescope set up to project an image		Beautiful sharp image
A VAS member sets up a GOTO scope with a built in webcam		Another GOTO scope with built in camera, connected to a TV.		This scope is slightly out of focus, and the photo is a bit overexposed.
	Very simple solar observatory set-up.	An amazing turn out.