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Photographer

Adwait Bhagwat

E-mail

mail.adwait@gmail.com

Location

Holland, Michigan, USA

Date

June 5th 2012, 6:30 pm

Equipment

4" Refractor telescope, iPhone camera

Description

This is photo is a projection of Sun using a 4" telescope. The image was digitally processed to highlight the transiting disk of Venus. Four sunspots are distinctly visible on the Solar disk as well.
 

Photographer

Rick Rubio

Location

Omaha, Nebraska

Date

6/5/2012 at 8:21 PM CDT

Equipment

Orion SkyQuest XT8 and Canon PowerShot SD630

Description

Jet flying across image of Sun while observing Transit of Venus
 

Photographer

Nick Johonie

Location

Rocklin, CA.

Date

June 5, 2012 6:30pm PST

Equipment

Celestron Nexstar 8" GPS 1.25 diagonal,E-lux 40mm Plossl Sony cybershot digital

Description

Dodging clouds from beggining of the transit thru the end was alot offun and a chance to cool off during cloud cover, a memory I will always treasure..
 

Photographer

Mario Motta

Location

Kanarraville, utah

Date

5/20/2012, 18:30

Equipment

Kikon D80 with 200 mm telephoto f 2.5 with doubler (Eff FL 400mm), portable tracking mount

Description

Montage of the annular solar eclipse of May 20, taken from utah, beginning to end, as sun sets behind a mountain
 

Photographer

Jim Lafferty

E-mail

shogunxp@gmail.com

Location

Littlefield, Arizona

Date

May 20, 2012

Equipment

Lunt 100 solar Ha telescope and DMK 41 camera

Description

Full solar disk in annular eclipse with prominences
 

Photographer

Armando Sandoval

Location

Alburquerque, NM

Date

7:46pm, May 20, 2012

Equipment

Canon 60D DSLR, 70-300mm lens set at 300mm and f/5.6, ISO 200, BAADER Solar Filter, 1/8000-second

Description

Center of annularity of the May 20, 2012 solar eclipse taken less than a mile from the centerline of the eclipse.
 

Photographer

J. Lookadoo

Location

Sundown, TX

Date

May 20, 2012, 8:39 pm CDT

Equipment

Nikon D200, 200mm telephoto lens

Description

Ring eclipse photo taken just after third contact through a break in clouds. Scene is just northeast of Sundown, TX adjacent to a producing oil well. Image has resolution lowered to meet posting requirements.
 

Photographer

Jay LeBlanc

Location

Page Az

Date

20 May 2012

Equipment

D800 14mm - 24mm f/2.8 @ 17mm

Description

Reprocessed version
 

Photographer

Nick Strobel

Location

Red Bluff, CA

Date

May 20, 2012 from 5:42 through 7:02 PM

Equipment

Canon 300mm f4L lens with 1.4X extender attached to Canon Rebel Xsi camera with Thousand Oaks Optical RG 4000 solar filter

Description

Sequence showing five stages of the May 20th eclipse.
 

Photographer

John Dolby

Location

Page AZ / Tucson AZ

Date

20 May 2012 / 05 May 2012

Equipment

Canon Rebel XT with 300mm Lens

Description

Here's a size comparison of the annular eclipse to the full moon of May 5, 2012. Both images were taken by the same camera and lens. We were so close. Why couldn't the Supermoon have waited just another two weeks? We could have had a Super Eclipse!
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