Smolyan

1.    Description of the observation

Place:    Planetarium - Smolyan, Bulgaria

Duration:    from 5:20 UT to 11:45 UT   (6 hours 25 minutes)

Weather report: During part of the time - clear sky, sometimes - broken clouds. During the first and second contacts - broken clouds, fourth contact - high clouds with scattered showers.

Number of teams and observers: 6 teams with 11 observers

Number of equipment sets: 6
- Photography of the transit - observer: Siyka Simeonova (physicist), Bozhidar Bashkov (student, secretary), telescope Cassegrain Meniscas 150/2250 + camera Praktica, Konica 100 ASA.
- Photography of the transit - observers:: Leila Chavdarova, Mariana Hadzhigencheva (physicists), Vladimir Aleksandrov (student, secretary), camera Pentacon SIX + objective Prakticar 5.6/1000, Kodak 100 ASA.
- Making a movie with a digital video cammera Canon XM1 - Anastas Kabasanov (photographer)
- Ocular projection - Stefka Mihalevska, Hristina Kalaydzhieva (physicists), telescope Telementor 63/840
- Ocular projection - Margarita Hadzhievaa, Liubka Staikova (students), telescope Shkolni 60/600
- Visual observations - Temenuzhka Nachevva (physicist), telescope Telementor 63/840 (for visitors)

Number of observers who registered the contacts: 4

Broadcasting - Radio Smolyan; articles in the TV and local newspapers; interviews, material in National TV - Channel 1, posters.

More than 700 students, adults and tourists observed the Transit of Venus.

2. Data of observations

Place: Smolyan, Bulgaria
Coordinates: 41° 31' N, = 24o 45' E, H = 818 m

Observers who registered the contacts:
- Ocular projection - Margarita Hadzhievaa
Central transit - 8:22:08 UT
Black drop - 11:03:57 UT
III contact - 11:04:50 UT
- Ocular projection - Stefka Mihalevska
Central transit - 8:20:08 UT
Black drop - 11:04:07 UT
- Photographic method - Siyka Simeonova
Central transit - 8:22:03 UT
Black drop - 11:03:18 UT
III contact - 11:04:51 UT
- Digital video camera - Anastas Kabasanoov

III contact - 11:04:00 UT

 3.    Pictures


Siyka Simeonova (physicist), Bozhidar Bashkov (student)


Mariana Hadzhigencheva, Leila Chavdarova (physicists), Vladimir Aleksandrov (student)

 
Anastas Kabasanov (photographer)

  
Hristina Kalaydzhieva, Stefka Mihalevska (physicists)

  
Margarita Hadzhieva, Liubka Staikova (students)


Temenuzhka Nacheva (physicist)


5:36:04 UT; Cassegrain Meniscas 150/2250+camera Praktica; film Konica 100 ASA; 1/60s; SFS 63


5:54:38 UT; Cassegrain Meniscas 150/2250+camera Praktica; film Konica 100 ASA; 1/60s; SFS 63


7:40:49 UT; Cassegrain Meniscas 150/2250+camera Praktica; film Konica 100 ASA; 1/60s; SFS 63


8:21:00 UT; Cassegrain Meniscas 150/2250+camera Praktica; film Konica 100 ASA; 1/60s; SFS 63


9:05:36 UT; Cassegrain Meniscas 150/2250+camera Praktica; film Konica 100 ASA; 1/60s; SFS 63


10:24:35 UT; Cassegrain Meniscas 150/2250+camera Praktica; film Konica 100 ASA; 1/60s; SFS 63


11:01:11 UT; Cassegrain Meniscas 150/2250+camera Praktica; film Konica 100 ASA; 1/60s; SFS 63


11:02:37 UT; Cassegrain Meniscas 150/2250+camera Praktica; film Konica 100 ASA; 1/60s; SFS 63

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1:03:04 UT; Cassegrain Meniscas 150/2250+camera Praktica; film Konica 100 ASA; 1/60s; SFS 63


11:03:18 UT; Cassegrain Meniscas 150/2250+camera Praktica; film Konica 100 ASA; 1/60s; SFS 63


11:04:51 UT; Cassegrain Meniscas 150/2250+camera Praktica; film Konica 100 ASA; 1/60s; SFS 63


11:06:14 UT; Cassegrain Meniscas 150/2250+camera Praktica; film Konica 100 ASA; 1/60s; SFS 63


10:53:55 UT; camera Pentacon SIX + objective Prakticar 5.6/1000, film Kodak 100 ASA


11:08:23 UT; camera Pentacon SIX + objective Prakticar 5.6/1000, film Kodak 100 ASA