Venus 2003-2004

As Imaged Through a 12.5 inch Classical Cassegrain

By the Talcott Mountain Academy Spring Enrichment Group

Using a Veo Velocity Connect Webcam

Images Processed Using Registax

NOTE: Data below each image is as follows: Date Acquired, Dist: (Distance between Earth and Venus in astronomical units, where 1 AU approx equals 93,000,000 miles), Diam: (Apparent diameter of Venus in arc seconds), Phase: (percentage of the side of Venus facing Earth illuminated by sunlight). All values are approximate.

December 31, 2003 Dist: 1.305 Diam: 12.8 Phase: 83%	January 13, 2004 Dist: 1.238 Diam: 13.5 Phase: 80%	March 23, 2004 Dist: 0.7600 Diam: 21.9 Phase: 54%
April 6, 2004 Dist: 0.652 Diam: 25.6 Phase: 47%	April 16, 2004 Dist: 0.567 Diam: 29.4 Phase: 40%	April 28, 2004 Dist: 0.489 Diam: 34.5 Phase: 31%
May 4, 2004 Dist: 0.441 Diam: 37.9 Phase: 26%	May11, 2004 Dist: 0.388 Diam: 43.1 Phase: 19%	May 13, 2004 Dist: 0.375 Diam: 44.5 Phase: 17%
May 20, 2004 Dist: 0.332 Diam: 50.2 Phase: 10%	May 27, 2004 Dist: 0.308 Diam: 54.1 Phase: 5%	May 31, 2004 Dist: 0.297 Diam: 56.1 Phase: 2%
June 3, 2004 Dist: 0.292 Diam: 57.1 Phase: 1%	June 4, 2004 Dist: 0.290 Diam: 57.4 Phase: 1%	June 8, 2004 Dist: 0.289 Diam: 57.8 Phase: 0%