The 2012 transit of Venus, when the planet Venus appeared as a small, dark disk moving across the face of the Sun, began at 22:09 UTC on 5 June 2012, and finished at 04:49 UTC on 6 June.[1] Depending on the position of the observer, the exact times varied by up to ±7 minutes. Transits of Venus are among the rarest of predictable celestial phenomena and occur in pairs, eight years apart, which are themselves separated by more than a century.The next pair of transits will occur December 10-11, 2117, and in December 2125.

Location / Date

Laurio Attica Freece, 6 June 2012

Telescopes

Photo 1,2 & 3 WO 105 APO, Photo 4 GSO Richey Cretien 10" f8

Mount

iEQ45 EQ Mount

Camera

Canon EOS 500D

Filter / ISO

Baader Astrosolar ND 3,8 Photo film only for photo 1 & 4  - ISO 200

Software

Photoshop CS6