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Jan
Koeman, Middelburg, The Netherlands Jun. 08 |
#1, | Celestron C8 with Baader filter and Nikon Coolpix 4500, 100 iso, 1/40 sec f5, 1 stop underexposed to reveal the atmosphere of Venus |
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William
E. Rison, Wayside, Maryland, USA Jun. 08 |
#1 | This picture was taken without a solar filter because the sun was very low to the horizon and low clouds. Photo details: Nikon D100 digital camera, 200 ASA, 1/90sec. Vixen FL102S fluorite refractor, 4', f/8. |
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Jerry
Xiaojin Zhu, Pittsburgh, PA Jun. 08 |
#1, #2 | Photo 1: Double transit! An airplane happened to transit the sun too. Photo 2: the ring of light around Venus. From 4 photos seconds apart. All with 8'/f6 Dob, Baader filter, 18mm eyepiece, Nikon coolpix 995 camera. |
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Carol
Lakomiak, Tomahawk Wis. USA, 45N 89W Jun. 08 |
#1, more | It was a cloudy sunrise, but thankfully they opened up a bit for about 10 minutes. Nikon CP4300 and Meade 90mm ETX at 31x. |
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Vince
Chrisman, Sterling Heights, MI Jun. 08 |
#1 | Tear-drop effect. Taken with a Meade LX200 GPS 10' UHTC and a Casio Exilim digital camera held to the eyepiece. -Warren Astronomical Society |
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Dr.
Tim Smith, Crawley, West Sussex, U.K. Jun. 08 |
#1, #2, #3 | Images projected with 60 mm terrestrial refractor, with a magnification of 60x. Photographed with an Olympus mju-300 at 9.15 UT. |
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Doucats,
Wah! & Zephix, Yuen Long, Hong Kong Jun. 08 |
#1 | Celestron c80wa, 300D. After chasing with Venus transit for a whole day, we finially have to say goodbye to the Sun and Venus. |
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Iliyan
Darganov, Varna, Bulgaria Jun. 08 |
#1, #2, more | Nikon Coolpix 995, 64/800-mm telescope, 40-mm eyepiece, AstroSolar filter. The weather was cloudy but at the 3-th contact the sky was clear. |
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George
Fleenor, Bradenton, Florida Jun. 08 |
#1 | Venus transit at sunrise with light cloud cover as seen from Manatee County, Florida. Nikon D100 2 sec exp @ 900mm |
more:
from Runar Sandnes of Gloppen, Norway;
from Philippe Moussette of Québec,
Canada; from Bill Walbek of Aliquippa,
Pennsylvania, USA; from John Yurek
of Irwin, Pennsylvania, USA; from Danny
Bekerman of Petach Tikva, Israel; from
David Stanislaw of Troy, Ohio, USA; from
John Kocijanski of Central Valley, NY, USA; from
Joseph Horne of Lake Wales, Florida, USA; from
Ed Scott of Tampa, Florida, USA; |
