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PhotographerHitoshi HayamiLocationTokyo, JapanDate4h29m UT, June 6, 2012EquipmentCanon EOS T3i, 250mm f5.6, 1/50s ISO-400, with Baader Astro Solar Filter 1/100,000.DescriptionIt was rain until 4h UT (13h local time) in Tokyo, but occasionally the sun was seen through clouds during the last 30 minutes. Fortunately I don't have to wait the transit for 105 years. |
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PhotographerTeddy KawakamiLocationSan Diego, CaliforniaDate1636EquipmentCannon EOS 10D and telephoto EF 100-400mm Zoom and tripodDescriptionAs I was getting ready to take another shot, a passenger flight happened to cross paths, so I snapped it as quick as I could other subsequent photos have the jet trails only. It was fun taking the shot! |
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PhotographerHoward ChanLocationMilpitas CADate06/05/2012 3:29pmEquipmentCanon SD1100 over Celestron 30mm Ultima eyepiece on Nexstar 5i + f6.3 focal reducer.DescriptionAfocal Shot of the 2nd contact of Venus from this 30mm evil eyepiece |
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PhotographerHoward ChanLocationSan Jose, CADate06/05/2012 7:55pmEquipmentCanon 7D + 70-200 F4L IS + 1.4x teleconverterDescriptionAirliner egress between the 3rd and 4th contact of the sun while Venus is heading its way out |
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PhotographerBashar MarkabawiLocationChandler, AZDate6/5/2012 at 16:40Equipment80 mm WO triplet with white light filter on Pentax 3Mn mount. Camera Canon 5D mark II with 1/400 sec exposure.DescriptionVenus in mid- transit with sun spots. |
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PhotographerEd HanlonLocationAshtabula, OhioDate6/5/2012 at 8:46 pm EDTEquipmentNikon D7000 with a remote shutter release. Sigma 150-500mm lens set at 500mm, F8, ISO 400, 1/640 shutter speed Mounted on a fixed tripod. Also used a home made solar filter using Baader Solar Filter Film.DescriptionVenus transiting the sun just before sunset in Ashtabula, Ohio. |
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PhotographerGary SmithLocationLakeview Park, Lorain, OhioDateJune 5, 2012 6:30 p.m.EquipmentSolar image was projected onto a screen by a Meade 8" Schmidt Cassegrain using a 50mm camera lens as the eyepiece. The photo itself was taken with an iPhone.DescriptionOur club, the Black River Astronomical Society, set up multiple telescopes for the public to view the transit of Venus. I constructed an 8' x 12' camera obscura and projected a large image of the sun onto a screen in the darkened room. The sun's image was about 5 feet in diameter. For this image I simply stepped into the beam and photographed my silhouette and Venus together on the screen. Several hundred people peered into the "transit tent" and took their own photos during the event. |
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PhotographerNikit DongaonkarLocationIndiaDate06-June-12, 9.18 AMEquipmentTelescope -> Celestron 114 EQ. Cannon -> Powershot A2200DescriptionA transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth (or another planet), becoming visible against (and hence obscuring a small portion of) the solar disk. During a transit, Venus can be seen from Earth as a small black disk moving across the face of the Sun. The duration of such transits is usually measured in hours (the transit of 2012 lasted 6 hours and 40 minutes). A transit is similar to a solar eclipse by the Moon. While the diameter of Venus is more than 3 times that of the Moon, Venus appears smaller, and travels more slowly across the face of the Sun, because it is much farther away from Earth. |
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PhotographerMichael SterlingLocationBell Canyon, CA ridgetopDateJune 5, 2012 7:44pm PDTEquipmentOrion ED80 on a Great Polaris mount; camera Nikon D70 prime focus.DescriptionSun setting with Venus in transit. The power transmission tower is about 2.5 miles from my observing site. |
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PhotographerTim StraubLocationProsser, WADateJune 5, 2012 around 6:30 PM PDTEquipment10", 1200 mm FL Dobsonian reflector, F 4.7 with 21 mm eyepiece. Camera: Panasonic Lumix, ISO 200, f 3.9, 1/500 exposure.DescriptionThe skies cleared in Prosser in eastern Washington State around 4 PM. This was taken with a simple "point and shoot" digital camera through my telescope. Venus was a fairly clear and focused disk, and several sunspot groups were present. The best views were after 5:30 PM PDT until sunset. |
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