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Transit of Venus (June 2012)Transit of Venus (June 2012)
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PhotographerAsadollah GhamarinezhadLocationBandar Abbas, IranDate6/6/2012Equipmentcanon 60 D camera 100-400 canon lens manfrotto tripodDescriptionThe first moments of sunrise from the horizon to the shore of Hormuz with water vapor and fog |
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PhotographerLeftyLocationCape Hatteras North CarolinaDateJun 5 7:05pm ESTEquipmentMeade Etx 105 With Homemade Solar Filter and Canon T1i DSLRDescriptionI have been waiting 34 years for this Transit and brought the baby telescope to Cape Hatteras North Carolina (Outer Banks) on family Vacation. CLouds cleared up with 2 hours to spare. This photo clearly demonstrates the Tear drop Phenomena at Second Contact. We are only the seventh group to witness a transit of Venus in human hisory. WOW. |
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PhotographerLeftyLocationCape Hatteras North CarolinaDateJun 5 7:12pm ESTEquipmentHandheld Homemade Solar Filter Canon EOS Rebel T1i 250mm lens F5.6 iso 200 Speed 1/800DescriptionWith the transit well under way a brief cloud appeared during sunset which lead to this great jupiter like photo. |
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PhotographerRod PommierLocationHaleakala, Maui, Hawaii, USADate2012-06-05 12:28 16:03 HSTEquipmentCelestron Super C8 Plus/fork mount, Byers drive. Canon EOS 20D DSLR at ISO 1600, 1/1250 second exposure. Hydrogen alpha solar filter at f/40.DescriptionThe transit of Venus of 2012-06-05 in hydrogen alpha, near the time of mid-transit. The image shows the hydrogen alpha network on the disk of the Sun, sunspots, which appear much smaller than in white light images, bright plages around sunspot groups, solar filaments (prominences in silhouette against the brighter solar disk) prominences around the edge of the chromosphere, and the silhouette of Venus. |
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PhotographerAsadollah GhamarinezhadLocationBandar Abbas, IranDate6/6/2012Equipmentcanon 60 D camera 100-400 canon lens manfrotto tripodDescriptionThe bird of freedom and good sense of a phenomenon |
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PhotographerAsadollah GhamarinezhadLocationGenu mountains,Bandar Abbas, IranDate6/6/2012Equipmentcanon 5D markii camera 3.5" Questar telescope startracker mountDescriptionI like this time! Waiting for another 105 years, and repeated again |
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PhotographerGilbert StarcherLocationGlen Gardner, NJDateJune 5, 2012 6:25 PM EDTEquipmentOrion AstroView 6 EQ reflector with projection box and Canon PowerShot S90 digital camera.DescriptionThis photo captures an airliner transiting the Sun with the planet Venus. |
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PhotographerRamiro Hernandez BandaLocationSaltillo MexicoDate5 june 2012Equipmenttelescope Solarmax 60mm on CG5 monture, DMK21AF cameraDescriptionWe had a happy clear sky, all the family enjoyed the transit in H-alfa, |
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PhotographerMaximilian TeodorescuLocationVama Veche, RomaniaDateJune 6, 2012EquipmentED 80mm Refractor and Canon 550D camera.DescriptionA superb summer day with a superb sunrise. But this time the Sun was not alone: a small dark patch appeared on it's disk just as the day star was trying to get lose from some clouds. It was the planet Venus, in a position in which it will return in a century or so. |
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PhotographerAndjelko GlivarLocationDonja Stubica, Croatia, EuropeDate06.06.2012., 4:37:46UT (6.37.46 local time)EquipmentWilliam optics FLT98 apo refractor, CGEM mount, Canon EOS 350D, Baader filter, 800ASA, 1/400.DescriptionIn my location, last two hour of transit was visible after sunrise. This is moment of third contact. |
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