Transit of Venus from Spitsbergen

[Starman]

I was in Svalbard for the transit of Venus, filming with the Sky at Night team on the island of Spitsbergen. We had a few cloud issues at the start of the event but there were plenty of holes during and clear skies at the end of the transit. Here's a full white light disc...

[stolenfeather]

Simply amazing capture Starman!

[Space Cowboy]

Superb image Pete!

[ejwwest]

Great shot!

[Tom OD]

Stunning Pete,

I see from your UT time it was 02:40 or thereabouts. Were you far enough north that the sun never set?

Tom.

[Starman]

Yes Tom - that was the plan. I was at 78 degrees north and the Sun was, somewhat disturbingly, above the horizon the entire time.

[neil phillips]

That is very crisp. very nice capture

[Shibby]

Wow that's a beauty, lots of detail showing. I must get a green filter!

[Mark at Beaufort]

Pete - Very nice white light photo of the Transit. Did you have any problems carrying your Vixen to Spitsbergen? I bet this was a trial run for 'The Sky at Night' team for the total eclipse on the 20th March 2015

Mark

[Olorin]

WOW!!!

[bm1980]

Excellent capture Pete, much better than the view i got from Lancashire. I got a real good look at clouds and then more clouds

I look forward to watching the next programe.

Regards

Ben

[Wobbly Bob]

Stunning image Pete.

[AztecastroMcJ]

Excellent Pete, well worth trip and effort

James

[Pete Presland]

super image mate well done!

[george7378]

Incredible, Pete! The surface detail is worth exploring as much as the Venus transit

[KevG]

Stunning image. Was unable to view it personally, so I really appreciate images like this... fantastic.