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PhotographerBob ReichmanLocationRock Spring Park, Schooley's Mtn, NJDateJune 5, 2012 6:30 pmEquipmentiPhone held up to the eyepiece of a filtered 8" dob. The rainbowed reflections are an artifact of the reflection between the cell phone's camera lens and the telescope's eyepiece. Amazing result.DescriptionThe NJ Astronomical Assn, Transit of Venus event on Schooley's Mountain, NJ. 13-year old, Suzanna Nussbaum, took the attached photograph. photo credit: Suzanna Nussbaum, Long Valley, NJ (13 years old) |
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PhotographerChris AdairLocationThe Marathon side of the Pigeon Key Bridge, Florida KeysDate6/5/12, 5:40 AM EDTEquipmentEOS 5D Markll, A canon EF 70-200 f2.8 with a 2x. On a tripod. IOS 1600, f5.6, 1/15 sec.DescriptionThis is a photo of Venus transiting the sun, June 5, 2012. The Florida Keys Astronomy Club put on a public viewing event for the crossing. This is one of the few times that sun showed itself and the clouds did not hide Venus. |
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PhotographerJoe DellingerLocationMuleshoe NWR, Texas panhandleDate2012-05-21 01-37-38 UTEquipmentNikon D200 camera with 70-300mm zoom lens about halfway out, unfiltered.DescriptionThe satellite pictures told me I should head West into New Mexico for clear skies near the centerline, but I wanted to observe the eclipse from my home state of Texas. Muleshoe National Wildlife Reserve looked like a good spot. I set my camera on a tripod to shoot a picture every 25 seconds and then ignored it and just enjoyed the eclipse. I got a nice eclipse sunset sequence, but out of that entire sequence only this one shot has the complete ring uninterrupted by moon or clouds! At the time of this photo the sky was 95% clouded, but fortunately there was a narrow band of clear just above the Western horizon. This picture was taken unfiltered, and fairly accurately presents what the event looked like to the naked eye. Far from detracting from the event, the clouds framed the sunset eclipse quite nicely, and the West Texas "red ball" sunset was all I hoped for. |
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PhotographerAndjelko GlivarLocationDonja Stubica, Croatia, EuropeDate06.06.2012., 4:28UT (6.28 local time)EquipmentWilliam optics FLT98 apo refractor, CGEM mount, Canon EOS 350D, Baader filter, 800ASA, 1/400s.DescriptionVenus transit 2012. - ten minutes before third contact. |
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PhotographerJimmy and Linda WestlakeLocationArches National Park near Moab, UtahDateJune 5, 2012 at 8:37 pm MDTEquipmentThis image is a 1/750 second exposure with a tripod-mounted Fuji FinePix S2 Pro digital camera set at ISO 100 through a 300 mm Nikkor telephoto lens at f22.DescriptionAs reckoned in human timescales, transits of Venus are considered rare. Consider yourself fortunate, indeed, if you get to see just one in your lifetime. Not so for the giant stone monoliths of Arches National Park. No doubt, 128-foot tall Balanced Rock (right) has stood before many transits of Venus like the one on June 5. In this image, smoke from distant Utah wildfires reddened the setting Sun as it ferried the dark disk of Venus toward the northwestern horizon. Balanced Rock looks on in apparent defiance of time and gravity. |
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PhotographerEric HolcombLocationUbehebe Crater - Death Valley National ParkDate6/5/2012 4:13 PM PDTEquipmentClassic C-8, Kendrick solar filter, Nikon Coolpix 990 camera.DescriptionCloseup of Venus and a group of sunspots a little more than 1 hour into the transit. Aside from a few wind gusts, the Death Valley location (about 2600 ft above sea level at the crater) provided excellent viewing until "Venus set" at 7:37 PM. |
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PhotographerRichard St. JohnLocationLas Cruces, NMDate6 June 2012 0157 UTCEquipmentOrion solar filter on a 4" Unitron achromatic refractor and equatorial mount. Image through eyepiece using camera on LG HTC phone.DescriptionI expected more distortion in the sun's image as it set behind the mountains west of Las Cruces, NM. Smoke from Gila Wilderness fire and clouds cooperated by their absence. |
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PhotographerEdward F DadurkaLocationSaguaro National Park East, Tucson, ArizonaDate06/05/2012 5:32 p.m.EquipmentCanon EOS 7D on FLT-98 with 2X barlowDescriptionThe "apparently" larger,darker disk of Venus stands in nice contrast to the groups of sunspots, two and a half hours into the transit. |
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PhotographerHamidreza AhmadiLocationEsfahan,IranDate6/6/2012EquipmentFujifilm Finepix CameraDescriptionTransit of venus 2012 from eastern mountain in Esfahan,Iran. |
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PhotographerMichel BenvenutoLocationAntibes, South of FranceDate6 June 2012 - 4am UTEquipmentD300 Nikon camera + 400mm lensDescriptionHi! In 2004 you printed one of my pictures on the cover of your magazine, this year the transit was less dramatic from the South of France but here is what it looked like: www.benvenuto.com/transit Clear skies, Michel |
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