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Summary:
Every 120 years or so a dark spot glides across the Sun.
Small, inky-black, almost perfectly circular, it's no
ordinary sunspot. Not everyone can see it, but some who
do get the strangest feeling, of standing, toes curled
in the damp sand, on the beach of a South Pacific isle....
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Unless otherwise stated, all images are copyrighted
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Photographer,
Location |
Images |
Comments |
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Dave
Halupowski,
Valparaiso, Florida
Jun. 08, 2008 |
#1 |
This
was taken at sun rise with a Sony Digital Handycam. |
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Sylvie
Béland,
Laval, Quebec, Canada
Jun. 08 |
#1 |
Great
picture of venus transit with a few clouds passing in front
of it. |
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Bartek
Okonek,
Leszno, Poland
Jun. 08 |
#1,
more |
More
images and animations to come on my website. Despite a Cirrus
cloud the view through telescope was very sharp. Photo details:
Philips Vesta + 8' cassegrain 3500mm. |
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Vincent
Jacques,
Menton, south of France
Jun. 08 |
#1,
more |
11h05
TU Third contact Telescop reflector 115mm f=900mm + webcam
Philips vesta Pro 7 images stacked |
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Tom
Schumm/Aaron Thul,
Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
Jun. 08 |
#1,
#2, #3 |
We
felt pretty lucky to have clearish skies. The photo was
taken by holding my friend's cell phone camera (Audiovox
CDM8900) up to the eyepiece of my telescope (which explains
the quality of the images.) Telescope details: Orion Skyquest
XT8 8' Dobsonian, Orion glass full-aperature solar filter,
Siebert 6mm eyepiece. |
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Phil
Yabut,
Arlington, Virginia, USA
Jun. 08 |
#1,
more |
Transit
of Venus projected through binoculars on a sheet of paper
on the wall, with a low-res Palm Zire 71 digital camera
set to 'Sunlight' to get a true color image. The sun was
shrouded by a layer of fog and haze. |
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Joe
Cassidy,
Cold Spring Elementary School, Upper Moreland PA
Jun. 08 |
#1,
#2 |
5:50:11
am Nikon Coolpix 5700 1/978.4 sec F7.4 Unfiltered 6:15:08
am Nikon Coolpix 5700 1/4.3 sec F4.2 |
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Alvaro
Garay,
Casselberry, Florida, USA
Jun. 08 |
#1 |
It
was 7:06 am when I took the picture. I didn't have the telescope
with me and i just used a pair of binoculars 7x50 to project
the picture on my t-shirt as you can see on this picture.
Venus was very close to the edge of the sun. |
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Julie
Deth-Rhoden Hutto,
Laurel, Maryland
Jun. 08 |
#1,
#2 |
The
morning fog and atmospheric haze on the horizon acted as
a filter as the sun started rising and allowed for not only
a viewing of Venus in transit but also a plane transiting
the sun. Details: Canon 300Dslr, ISO 100, 32mm plossl eyepiece,
Meade LX200gps |
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