Starship Asterisk*

by **alter-ego** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 9:58 pm

Well, I finally got around to post these pictures

I felt the planning and desire really paid off - I was not skunked! Washington state was really socked in, and the last minute serious review of predicted weather patterns suggested I go towards the direction of incoming weather fronts instead of away! As predicted, a clear band allowed decent viewing early on toward the SW (Vancouver, WA), and although I had a some troublesome clouds plus a few rain showers, I was elated with my view of the transit. I felt very lucky to barely capture the 2nd Contact and some of the ingress sequence - one problem cloud thinned just out enough to see it.

Afocal Projection
RCX400 (12" ACF)
24mm eyepiece
Casio EX-Z285 (point & shoot, 1x - 3x zoom)

: [size=150][color=#800000]2nd Contact visibility hampered by a cloud[/color][/size]

: [size=150][color=#800000]This composite / mosaic picture covers 3hr 36min of the transit[/color][/size]

: [size=150][color=#800000]Thin clouds, ≈73 seconds after 2nd Contact[/color][/size]

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by **Ravi** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:05 am

Venus Transit through CPC800 Afocal using 17mm and Canon 500D...Venus sailing across Sun along with sunspots...

Clear skies
Ravi

by **owlice** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:50 am

Copyright: Juan Pedro Gomez
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Copyright: Peter Webb
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by **owlice** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:36 am

Copyright: Manos Kardasis
http://kardasis.weebly.com/
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Copyright: Chris Flook
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by **SternfreundeDK** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 2:29 pm

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http://i.imgur.com/hlVU9.jpg

Canon 1000D - Refraktor 150/1500
taken in Werenzhain/Germany

Copyright: Kirchhainer Sternfreunde e. V.

by **gigicarotti** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 5:59 pm

Venus Transit (Time: 6.22 (GMT+2) June 6, 2012)

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by **owlice** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:24 am

Copyright: Tunç Tezel
http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003631
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Copyright: Nathan
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Copyright: Antonello Medugno
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Copyright: Alan Friedman
http://www.greatarrow.com
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Copyright: John Bragg
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... e=1&ref=nf
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by **Craig** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:59 pm

BMAONE23 wrote:
Craig wrote:This image was taken at about 5:00 Mountain Time, just west of Morrison, Colorado. The formation is known as Halfway Arch, probably because it's not truly an arch. It's two outcroppings of rock that look like an arch when viewed looking West. I grew up in this area, and didn't know that it wasn't an arch until just a few years ago.

This one is really interesting in that the foreground rock resembles a small child looking into a pinhole camera to see the image of the sun carried through a small telescope and displayed on a curved surface.

Or is it the image of a small child looking through a pinhole camera made from a small telescope transfering the image of the sun to the inside of a curved surface that resembles a rock in the foreground

Obviously, it's a reflection of a small child looking into a pinhole camera through the arch into a telescope reflecting the image of the arch onto a curved surface that's reflecting the image of the Sun. I don't know why you can't see that.

by **astrohack** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:18 pm

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Image of the Sun setting behind the McMath Solar Telescope on Kitt Peak with Venus in Transit.

by **dire** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:05 am

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My second Venus transit where I saw 1st thru 4th contacts. I guess I'll have to leave the planet to see a third!

Last time it was under perfect clear skies in Baumholder, Germany. This one was in and out of clouds the middle 4 hours of the transit and mostly clear during the initial ingress and final egress!!! And I didn't have to leave my county or country this time.
http://www.astrojim.net

by **roycanas13** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:34 am

Hi, I'd like to share this picture I took of Venus Transit using projection with a "solar funnel". This picture was taken at San José de los Cabos, Baja California, México. Hope you like it!

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http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos- ... 7756_n.jpg

Regards!

by **pcully** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:07 am

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[attachment=1]pcully2.jpg[/attachment]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8027/7367 ... f592_h.jpg

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

And a video I put together from 4,000 photos of the Transit of Venus from the beginning of Ingress through Sunset over the Rocky Mountains. An airplane also is captured in HD video transiting the solar disc along with our sister planet.

: Airplane Transit during Venus Transit

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Expanded view of video capturing an airplane crossing the face of the Sun during the 2012 Transit of Venus.
http://www.pcullyphoto.com

by **jstratigos** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:46 am

Taken with Canon 40D and Canon 200mm 2.8 telephoto with 2x extender. One shot out of over a hundred during observing event for neighbors at our home near Sylva, NC.

Jim Stratigos

http://dogstar-observatory.com

Venus and jet
http://dogstar-observatory.com/Venus/venus_and_jet.jpg
Copyright: Jim Stratigos

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by **owlice** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:12 pm

BMAONE23 wrote:Here is an interesting image of the Venus Transit with the Hubble Zooming By

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 25#p177305

by **BMAONE23** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:35 pm

Here is an interesting image of the Venus Transit with the Hubble Zooming By

by **Guest** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:42 pm

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Sunset of Venus in transit over the extinct volcanoes of the Rio Grande Rift, in Albuquerque, USA. Canon T1i, Tamron 18-270, unfiltered, handheld.
Guillermo Abramson

by **bystander** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 1:51 pm

http://www.universetoday.com/95758/tran ... at-images/

by **peterlin2008** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 6:31 am

Taiwan Hsin-chu

familystar Org

upload side walk astronomy video
http://youtu.be/V9Uxj85FjUw
http://youtu.be/xLl9_5QJIkA
http://youtu.be/l2f64Q9w3ac
http://youtu.be/tsfZZn75ZjI

eos500d + 500mm Venus transit
http://youtu.be/nMPpwy4-Ltw
http://youtu.be/NoUYjq7cfSw

by **EarthAlien** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 6:10 am

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by **Analog6** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:16 am

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and here is how I captured it.

I planned only to watch this as I didn't have a camera to photograph it (so I was thinking) due to a communication problem with my big digital outfit. Then I had a brainwave.

I was looking at the eclipse glasses I have (from the 1999 Western Australian annular eclipse - I tested them beforehand to make sure there were no holes by projecting the sun through on to a sheet of white paper) and had the sudden inspiration that they might be big enough to cover the camera lens of my baby camera. So with some fiddling and argy bargy, I have done it!

Below is my highly technical setup - note the rubber bands from the bunches of asparagus we had for breakfast on Sunday. When the lens is zoomed out - it's not in this shot because the battery was on the charger - the glasses sit flush against the lens.

by **owlice** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:21 pm

Copyright: Hojjat Zafarkhah
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Copyright: Gene Hunter
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by **zema88** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:11 pm

Transit from Madonna degli Alpini, Cn, Italy.
Copyright: Roberto BARCELLONA & Paolo DEMARIA.
Ass. Astrofili Bisalta.

Canon Eos 450D on Takahashi Tsa 102.

by **bmallery** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:44 am

owlice wrote:Copyright: Billy Mallery

After shooting the Venus transit all afternoon, I decided to drive to the top of the canyon for the final moment at sunset, and try to find something on the horizon to get "in" the sun. Low and behold I found a lone palm tree, perfect for capturing the experience from Los Angeles, CA.

http://www.mallerygallery.com
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by **owlice** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:21 am

Copyright: Sang Kyun, Lim
http://www.moonlover.co.kr
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by **owlice** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:11 am

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