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Photographer

S. Eduardo Gonzalez

Location

17.68218 lat -101.64539 long

Date

05/06/2012 – 04:52:11 PM

Equipment

Canon eos 50D 12 shades filter

Description

My first solar photo
 

Photographer

Adam Brannon

Location

Pyramid Lake, NV

Date

May 20, 2012

Equipment

Nikon D-5100 DSLR with 55-300mm zoom @ 300mm using a ND2-ND1000 variable neutral density filter @ ND800. Tripod mounted.

Description

A photo strip of various shots of the 2012 Annular Eclipse taken 5 miles from Pyramid Lake NV, which was center path for the eclipse. The shots were shot in RAW format and then converted to Jpeg and color corrected in Paintshop Pro X4. The ND filter gave the original shots a blue cast.
 

Photographer

Judhajit Dasgupta

E-mail

dasguptajudhajit@gmail.com

Location

Kolkata

Date

Wednesday, June 06, 2012, 10:03:42 AM

Equipment

Canon S2IS, using a welder's glass (no. 14) as the filter. Shutter speed 1/2500 sec, f 8.

Description

Fixing the camera on a tripod I was shooting pics at 5 sec interval. This is the last pic that shows Venus in a roughly round shape.
 

Photographer

Brian Clark

E-mail

Greyhaven1@gmail.com

Location

Lewiston,Maine

Date

6/5/12 18:11

Equipment

Star Hoc 90mm refracter caonon EOS 3T

Description

Just caught about 10 min of transit Then rains returned. My first try at solar photography
 

Photographer

Adam Brannon

Location

Carson City, NV

Date

June 5, 2012 4:00pm

Equipment

Taken with a Nikon D-5100 attached to a CPC 1100 GPS (XLT) Computerized Telescope with sun filter cap.

Description

Venus after start of transit, with sunspots.
 

Photographer

Shiela Ginn

E-mail

shielaginn@hotmail.com

Location

Roscoe, Illinois, USA

Date

June 5, 2012 5:25PM

Equipment

Meade Model 395 Refracting Telescope / Canon Rebel T2i camera.

Description

We planned for the event for weeks. We had to dust off the telescope (shameful!). We had to teach ourselves to use the camera attachment (never done it before). Then we PRAYED for good weather. The day of the event was beautiful. We witnessed Contact 1 and Contact 2! Got great photo’s of both! After about 2 hours the clouds set in for about 45 minutes. Then patchy clouds the rest of the night. We only had about 3.5 hours before the sun set for us. What an awesome experience! So glad I got to enjoy it with my family.
 

Photographer

Scott Gauer

E-mail

13scoga@gmail.com

Location

Ashland, OH

Date

19:50 EDT

Equipment

Celestron C10 10" Newtonian on CG-5, Orion 11.63" ID full aperture glass solar filter, Canon EOS Rebel T3, Baader Planetarium MPCC

Description

My mom and I traveled to Ohio based on a cloudy weather forecast in our home town. I set up right off of I-76, where we saw the event from first contact until sunset.
 

Photographer

Craig & Tammy Temple

Location

Gallatin, TN, USA

Date

June 5, 2012

Equipment

Telescope: Lunt Solar Systems LS60THa/B1200CPT Mount: Takahashi EM-200 Temma2 Camera: Imaging Source DMK31 Exposure: 3.9 - 4.8ms Gain: 370 - 397 Length: 1:00 @ 30fps (each frame) Acquisition: Fire Capture Processing: Registax 6 Post-processing: ImagesPlus 4.5b; Adobe Photoshop CS5 Capture time: June 5, 2012, 5:05 - 7:13pm Capture conditions: transparency: Above avg 4/5; seeing: Poor 2/5

Description

On June 5, 2012 we packed up our equipment and drove up to Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, TN where we joined the Cumberland Astronomical Society for their public outreach of the Venus Transit. While there, we captured all the data for this image and shared the views on our computer screen with the folks that streamed in and out. This image shows intervals of Venus in transit from 5:05pm CST until 7:13pm CST. It was a real treat to be a part of this once-in-our-lifetime event since it will not happen again for 105 years.
 

Photographer

Mun Hong Ngai

Location

Singapore

Date

06/06/2012, 3:41 UT

Equipment

Nikon D300 + Nikkor 400mm f2.8G VR 1/640 s, f5.6, ISO 200

Description

Transit of Venus taken from Singapore at 11:41 am local time (3:41 UT). Special thanks to a reporter who lent me his 400mm lens and a nice guy who let me used his solar filter.
 

Photographer

Rock G. Taber

E-mail

r_taber_2000@yahoo.com

Location

Dahlonega, Georgia USA

Date

June 5, 2012; 20:00hrs EDT

Equipment

Orion 120ST Refractor (f/5, Fl:600mm) on Meade LXD75 mount. Orion Q70 26mm eyepiece with 2X Barlow; Camera: Samsung SGH-T769 integrated camera.

Description

This interesting image of the Venus transit was taken at an astronomy club (North Georgia Astronomers) outreach event on June 5th (20:00hrs EDT) in Dahlonega, GA USA. Taken with my f/5 Orion 120ST refractor and glass Orion filter. Sky was clear until 17:50 then started clouding up. Thereafter, attendees at our event managed to get some tantalizing glimpses thereafter - until sunset. The clouds provided an interesting contrast to the transit itself. Because it was a public event, I did not have my normal DSLR camera in place and just took a quick shot with the cell phone camera.
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