Venus and the Sun. Photo Credit: Bob Vanderbei
Bob Vanderbei took pictures of the Sun and Venus on the same day (May 19, just two weeks before the transit) using the same equipment (Canon DSLR on 3.5″ Questar) and combined them into this montage in which Venus is moved close to the Sun.
Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton 
A striking composite image by Dr Vanderbei! Although not a straight shot, using the same equipment gives it certain credibility unlike sweeping landscapes with giant Moons that one sees in calendars. I’d like to share a link to my gallery of transit images which were captured in Sunnyvale, California (my current home): http://www.picasaweb.com/pstudenkov/transitofvenus5june2012. Close-up shots were done with a Panaonic ZS7 camera looking through a 32mm eyepiece on a 6″ Mak.
My best wishes to all club members – clear skies!
Pavel Studenkov (past member)
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