April 27, 2004, 01:35 UT. 

March 30, 2004, 01:16, 01:25 UT. Venus captured under relatively good seeing near the end of evening twilight. There appear to be some subtle details captured under visible light (with Edmund IR block filter) (above) and through a W47 (violet) filter (bottom images).

March 08, 2004, 00:24, 00:31 UT. Venus captured under relatively good seeing near the end of evening twilight. There appear to be some subtle details captured under visible light (with Edmund IR block filter).

February 15, 2004, 00:24, 00:31 UT. Venus captured under relatively good seeing near the end of evening twilight. There appear to be some subtle details captured under visible light (with Edmund IR block filter), top three images and through a W47 (violet) filter (bottom image).

October 28, 2003, 19:21 UT (12:21 MST). Venus captured under poor seeing conditions. Venus was only 10.5 arcseconds in diamter and 94.8 percent illuminated. 203 mm f/7 newtonian @ f/35 (stacked Televue 2x and 1.8x barlows and extension tube) and Philips ToUcam Pro 740K webcam with Edmund IR blobk filter. 

August 30, 2003, 08:32 UT (14:32 MDT). Venus was captured at only 13 days after superior conjunction (August 18, 2003) and only 3.48 degrees in eastern elongation from the Sun. It is 99.8 percent illuminated, magnitude -3.9, and 9.7 arcseconds in diameter. More than half of the primary mirror was illuminated by direct sunlight when this image was obtained. Nevertheless, Venus was bright and plainly visible through the eyepiece despite the intense scattered light. 203 mm f/7 newtonian @ f/27 (Televue 2x barlow and extension tube) and Philips ToUcam Pro 740K webcam with Edmund IR block filter. !!! BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN VIEWING OBJECTS NEAR THE SUN!!!

  December 6, 2002, 11:06 UT. Venus is 41 arcseconds in diameter with a phase of 26 percent and at its greatest illuminated extent. This image was obtained near the beginning of morning twilight without an IR blocker. There is no hint of cloud features.

  November 17, 2002, 16:28 UT. Venus is 54" in diameter. This image was taken at almost 9:28 a.m. local time under poor seeing conditions. 8" f/7 newtonian with ToUcam Pro webcam and Edmund IR cutoff filter @ about f/20.

  October 27, 2002, just 4 days before inferior conjunction (the sun was a mere 8 degrees away in apparent angular separation). These images were each single shots obtained about noon with an 8" f/7 newtonian and a Nikon CoolPix 4500 digital camera using afocal projection through a 7.0 mm Televue Nagler eyepiece. 

  October 19, 2002, 12 days before inferior conjuctions. This image of 12 stacked frames was obtained near noon with an 8" f/7 newtonian and a Nikon CoolPix 4500 digital camera using afocal projection through a 7.0 mm Televue Nagler eyepiece.

  January 8, 2001, 1:16 UT. 8" f/7 newtonian and PC-23C video camera with Wratten #47 Violet filter and variable polarizer. Venus is 22.5 arc seconds in diamter and 55% illuminated.

  December 22, 2000, 1:30 UT. 8" f/7 newtonian and PC-23C video camera with a Wratten #47 Violet filter and variable polarizer. Venus is 19 arc seconds in diameter. Raw image at left and same image with a sharp (level 16) unsharp mask in Astrostack followed by 3 passes of gaussian blurring (1 pixel) in Adobe Photoshop.