Venus, low in twilight, 6 days before the June 5, 2012 transit. This was May 30, 2012, with Venus 9.5° east of the Sun. The crescent phase is visible in this frame under magnification, despite this shot being taken with just a 200mm telephoto lens. Camera was the Canon 60Da at ISO 100. A plane is flying just below Venus.
The transit of Mercury on November 8, 2006. Photographed from the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory during a public event. Using the Astro-Physics Stowaway 92mm refractor.
Transit of Venus, June 8, 2004, from Luxor, Egypt. A single image taekn during immersion just before 4th contact showing backlit atmosphere. Taken with a Sony DSC-V1 digital camera shooting afocally through a 40mm eyepiece and on a 90mm apochromatic refractor, equatorially mounted and driven. Shot thru a Baader solar filter, which gives a white Sun. Yellow coloration added in Photoshop.
