Transit of Venus | Leah

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Photographer:

Leah

Location of Photo:

Batavia, Ohio

Date/Time of photo:

05/06/12 6:35 PM

Equipment:

Orion 10x50 Scenix Binoculars with Black Polymer

Description:

A few hours before the transit started, our sky was forecasted to be clear; but 30 minutes before first contact, it was completely overcast, so we drove around looking for a hole in the clouds. About 25 minutes after second contact, we finally found a tiny patch of sunlight and we each got a glimpse through our filtered binoculars. We ended up only getting three glimpses of the transit before the Sun set, and during those glimpses I didn't get to take a picture of it with our camera - but I did make this drawing of it.