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PhotographerRichard WatsonLocationCorvallis, ORDateAug. 13, 2012 1:08 PDTEquipmentNikon D70 - 300mm Nikkor telephoto lens handheldDescriptionOccultation of Venus of August 13, 2012 - Bright side disappearance |
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PhotographerEric Escalera / Cristian ValenzuelaLocationBrewarrina, NSW, AustraliaDateJune 6, 2012EquipmentLunt 152mm refractor telescope / camera Nikan D3100DescriptionChile may be renowned for its clear skies, but the last transit of Venus was not visible from this country. So a group of chilean astronomers decided to travel to Australia to witness it, namely at Brewarrina, a very small town of New South Wales. And it worked well : in this reversed 2-colours sequence, the right pictures show the ingress of the planet, the left ones show the exit of the planet, some six and half hours later, while the middle pictures correspond to the maximum phase, that is when Venus appeared at its closest to the centre of the sun disc. We are very happy that the weather turned good indeed, as this is the only observation of the complete phenomenon from chilean astronomers... (photos: Cristian Valenzuela / Observatorio del Pangue - Chile) |
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PhotographerJim GampetroLocationBuffalo, WYDateJune 5, 2012 approx 4:30 pm MDTEquipment30 year od Meade LX 8", 20 year old sun filter, 38mm plossl, Fujifilm finepix 700 non-slr digital, hand held, afocal.DescriptionSorry last one I sent was too large. Trying to show what can be done with old outdated, inexpensive equipment. I cannot see any difference between this photo and those published using much more complicated and expensive equipment and methods, frame stacking etc. No photo processing was done other than scaling the image down to your requirements. |
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PhotographerRoman PragerLocationIAS Hakos NamibiaDate2010-Sep-11 13h48EquipmentCanon 5d Mk2 AK3 20inch F3.8 Bath mountDescriptionThe picture shows Venus and the Moon a few minutes before she vanished behind the Moon. We (Werner Möhler, Timm Klose, Roman Prager and Dietmar Sellner) were very lucky to see it because we found out only a day before that is was visible in Namibia/Africa. As the sky was perfectly clear the occultation was great to see. Dietmar and Timm showed it to a school class on a 24" Dobson while Werner and Roman took pictures using the IAS 20" and 18" telescopes. |
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PhotographerDan OlsenLocationFrannie, WyomingDate2012 06 05 @ 16:36 MDTEquipmentCanon T3i prime focus on Orion 100mm F/6 refractor with Thousand Oaks solar film in homemade holder. 1/250 sec @ ISO 800DescriptionTraveled to Frannie, Wyoming because it was the closest location that had a higher probability for skies clear enough to view the transit for us. Viewed about 4 hours of the transit in near 100 degree F temperatures. During our return to Butte, MT, we encountered a "spring" snowstorm near home. Thus is the pursuit of astronomy in the northern Rocky Mountains. Sun obscured by clouds coming in from Yellowstone Park. |
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PhotographerPeter CravenLocationFlagstaff AZDate7/30/12, 6.15pmEquipmentCanon Powershot SX40HSDescriptionI took this photograph near Walnut Canyon, Flagstaff, Arizona. Entirely by accident i captured this image of a meteor in daylight ( at 11 o'clock in the picture) with the bow pressure wave clearly visible. An astronomical stroke of luck. |
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PhotographerEric and Josephine AfricaLocationRancho Hidalgo, New MexicoDateJune 5, 2012, 7:18PM MDTEquipmentMain image: Canon Digital Rebel XTi with stock zoom lens at 18mm Inset: Borg 76ED with 50mm Lunt Solar filter and B1200 blocking filter on AP1200GTO. Imaging Source DMK41 camera.DescriptionMy wife covered the Venus transit shooting afocally with a small, white-light-filtered telescope. She managed to capture me in this shot while still capturing the transiting Venus through the eyepiece of her telescope. In the meantime, I was gathering data for the image displayed in the inset. |
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PhotographerMohammad RahimiLocationHunjan - Esfahan - IranDate13 AugEquipment8 mm lens at f 3.5 29 second exposureDescriptionVery good night! Night of the Milky Way Night of the Meteor shower A Night with the moon and Venus and Jupiter Very good night! |
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PhotographerJohn DykesLocationCarson City, Nevada at the Jack C Davis ObservatoryDateMay 20, 2012 @ 7:10pmEquipmentCanon 5D MarkIII, Canon 500mm lens on a tripod.DescriptionAn image of the last part of the annular solar eclipse as the sun was setting behind the Sierras from Carson City, NV. |
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PhotographerShawn PrestonLocationStoney Creek, OntarioDateJune 5, 2012 - 7:40p ESTEquipmentImaged with DMK21AU04 through Coronado PST. Best 1000 of 2000 video frames were stacked with Registax 6, with color added in Photoshop.DescriptionVenus well into its transit taken from the RASC Hamilton Centre’s public viewing event at Saltfleet School in Stoney Creek, Ontario. Around 1000 public attendees enjoyed viewing the transit both with solar shades provided by the RASC Hamilton Centre, and through the telescopes set up for public use. |
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