Our group had setup under mostly cloudy skies and we had some very small breaks in the clouds. I was able to see the 2004 transit of Venus and feel very lucky to have viewed both.
6" Maksutov-Newtonian Telescope
Baader Solar Filter
Nikon D90
Registax 6
Photoshop CS5
I did not have the optics required to take stunning shots of the transit yesterday. I had a great time viewing it through binoculars, and enjoying the crisp, clear afternoon in Reno, NV.
However, the view of the transit as seen from my kitchen was unlike any I've seen yet on this forum.
Mine isn't anything special compared to the others around here. I don't have a telescope, nor a fancy dSLR. I just used a pair of eclipse glasses, a Canon point and shoot, along with a 37mm 4x lens that I held in front of the camera to take this photo.
Venus Transit in Hydrogen Alpha light. 6 June 2012
Copyright: Paul Haese
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Re: Gallery: Venus Transit 2012
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:20 pm
by grahamphotography
This was taken through an overexposed radiograph, to filter the sun. This softened the image. Two exposures combined, one for the sun and then one for the windmill/sky.
owbaughman wrote:I did not have the optics required to take stunning shots of the transit yesterday. I had a great time viewing it through binoculars, and enjoying the crisp, clear afternoon in Reno, NV.
However, the view of the transit as seen from my kitchen was unlike any I've seen yet on this forum.
No Black drop effect was observed near the 3rd contact...
Do I see Venus's atmosphere?
The rim of Venus seems to be slightly illuminated to me.. Do others see the same?
People standing and waiting for their chance to see the transit through the telescope.
Re: Gallery: Venus Transit 2012
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:49 am
by cosmicwanderer05
Here is an image of the June 6, 2012 Venus Transit taken a few minutes after the transit maximum from Quezon City, Philippines. We did miss the maximum phase because of cloud cover.[img2]https://fbcdn_sphotos_a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/599189_10150898246199947_1173970978_n.jpg[/img2]
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Date/Location June 5, 2012 KEASA Observtory, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii
Camera and Settings Canon 600D
Telescope Celestron 11-inch f/10 Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope
Mount CGE Pro German Equitorial
Exposure 1/60 s
Image by James R. Dire (University of Hawaii-Kauai Community College) and Robert Byer (Standford University)
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Date/Location June 5, 2012 KEASA Observtory, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii
Camera and Settings Canon 600D
Telescope Celestron 11-inch f/10 Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope
Mount CGE Pro German Equitorial
Exposure 1/60 s
Processing Adobe Photoshop CS5
Other Sun was low and behind a tree at the time of 3rd contact!
Image by James R. Dire (University of Hawaii-Kauai Community College) and Robert Byer (Standford University)
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Date/Location June 5, 2012 KEASA Observtory, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii
Camera and Settings Canon 30D
Telescope Bushnell 4000 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope (4 inch f/10)
Mount Built-in folk mounted equitorial on field tripod
Exposure 1/60 s
Processing Adobe Photoshop CS5
Other Third Contact - Black Drop Forming, Third contact not seen on US Mainland!
Image by James R. Dire (University of Hawaii-Kauai Community College) and Bruce Heckman
Re: Gallery: Venus Transit 2012
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:59 am
by zAmboni
Was overcast, right up until the time of the transit, although I had a bunch of mostly cloud free pics, I kind of like the ones with clouds a bit better.
Copyright: Fred Locklear
Re: Gallery: Venus Transit 2012
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:31 am
by Jure Atanackov
Overcast here for the transit, most unfortunately. But we caught Venus approaching the transit at T-11h24m at 44' from the Sun's limb. The Sun is to the upper right as indicated by the brightness of the planet and the brightness gradient of the field. Both cusps of the slender cresents have merged into a continuous circle. Some variations of surface brightness of the ring are visible, quite possibly detail in the atmosphere. A 25-cm f/6.3 Newtonian (Orion Optics UK SPX250) was used with a Basler Ace ac640-100gm camera and an Astrodon UV filter. The telescope was fitted with a 10-cm off-axis baffle and additional baffling to prevent direct sunlight from entering the focal plane. Image credit: Rok Pucer, Matic Smrekar, Jure Atanackov / ADL.
Astronomical Society of South Australia Event
I explored a few improvisational alternatives for getting an image and luckily this glimpse-through-cloud and mirror-image reflection on the Adelaide Festival Centre glass captured the moment for me!