well if those times are in UTC then venus shouldn't be in that pictures. are you asking about those smudges though? cause there's a third around 4:30.

I didnt see the photos but venus would be pretty close to the 7 O'clock position at the start of the transition.

Turn up the contrast a little on your monitor. I'm looking at this on a LCD so I can see it on default. When I turn up the contrast a little I actually see 3 objects. One at 12, one at 7 and one at 4.

Thanks for the replies so far.


NeedTruth

I'm no astrologist / astronomer, but surely those 'smudges' are solar flares emanating from the sun when it is photographed in this negative way?

Not for sure, but that would be my guess.

NeedTruth,

Don't take my word as gospel, as I said I have no clue about these kind of things, but the pic did remind me of a negative image of those pics you see of the sun 'flaring' up a bit.

As for them staying around a while, I guess they would. Each one of the 'anomolies' is about 10 times the size of Earth!

B

Well after downloading several of the images and increasing the brightness on those images, it seems all this is a simple dirty lense. The telescope is moved numerous times in relation to the sun but the objects in question remain in the same locations in respect to the lens.

TruthFound on this one.


NeedTruth

The picture seems like not the greatest picture to be studying on venus. I agree with everyone on various things, but if you are having pictures of things like planets, you might want to stick to a better source.