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Mick
Deckman, Parker City, Indiana Jun. 08 |
#1, #2, #3 | Video through a 6-inch reflector. I have a jet in my 1999 Mercury transit video. But also getting one in my Venus transit was unbelievable. But what are the odds of getting a jet to transit Venus? |
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Stephane
Palfray, Turretot, Normandie, France Jun. 08 |
#1, more | webcam + T 114/900 |
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Shawn
Connelly, Bright's Grove, Ontario Jun. 08 |
#1 | Celestron C9.25, Sony video camera - more details in photo |
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Bruno
Nolf, Vichte-Belgium Jun. 08 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, more | Good conditions from beginning to end of the Transit, good vibe, good BBQ afterparty. No black drop seen by any of the nine observers present at the site. Lots of fun! |
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Terry
Quick, Merrillville Community Planetarium at Pierce Middle School, Merrillville, Indiana, USA. Jun. 08 |
#1, | This image was taken shortly after sunrise. You could look at the sun without any filters and pick out Venus with the naked eye. The image was taken with a Sony DSC-P92 digital camera mated to a 25mm Plossl then a Celestron 114GT, exposure was automatic. |
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Stefan
Seip, Stuttgart, Germany Jun. 08 |
#1, #2, #3, more | (#1) Date + Time: June 8, 2004 / 11:05:48 UT and 11:06:20 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Optics: Astro-Physics 155mm f/7 Tools: Baader-Planetarium Herschel Wedge with grey filters 1000x, 64x and 8x, Astro-Physics 2x Barlow Detector: SBIG STL 11000XM with SBIG RGB filterset Exposure Time(s): 0.05 seconds and 1 second, both with red filter in place Notes: The atmosphere of Venus is visible. I combined two frames to show the surface of the sun as well as the Venus atmoshpere. 2. (#2, #3) Date + Time: June 8, 2004 / 10:47 UT Location: Stuttgart, Germany Optics: TMB 100mm f/8 Apo Refraktor Tools: Coronado Solarmax 90 with BF-30 H-Alpha filter, Astro-Physics 2x Barlow Medium: SBIG STL 11000XM with SBIG RGB filterset Exposure Time: L: 1x 0.01 seconds (1x1 binning) |
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Jan
Barker, Melbourne, Australia Jun. 08 |
#1, #2 | Canon Powershot S30;eyepiece projection to Celestron C5 with a solar filter. |
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Wang
Ning Min, Yinchuan,Ningxia,China. Jun. 08 |
#1, #2, more | 127/820Refractor, Nikon 995, pl25EP. |
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Ed
Cunnius, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Jun. 08 |
#1, #2 | Transit_sunrise: 5:51 am EDT The sun had just cleared the cloudbank on the horizon--the transit was easy naked-eye at this point. Unfiltered shot with Canon EOS 10D through TV-76 with 2x PowerMate. 1/1000sec. @ f 12.6 ISO 100. 3rd_Contact: Starting at 7:05 am EDT. Canon EOS 10D through AP 105mm Traveler with 2x PowerMate and Baader solar filter. 1/90sec. @ f 11.8 ISO 400. These are full-res crops from original 2048x3072 pixel image. Montage in PhotoShop. |
more:
from Juan Carlos Fernandez y Jose
Jimenez at Estacion de Vadojaen, Martos, (Jaen), Spain; from
Marcin Dobrowolski of Warsaw, Poland; from
Eduard Masana of Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain); from
Alain Buisson & Guy Buhry about 100km at east of Paris, France;
from Gianpaolo Soligo of Milano,
Italia; from Cai-Uso Wohler of Winsen
/ Luhe, near Hamburg, Germany; |
