Starship Asterisk*

by **Efrain Morales** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:57 am

Transit of Venus - Observed from Puerto Rico. Clouds moved by and but the Sahara dust still lingered. Started my sequence on 22:07ut thru 22:36ut. It was a Spectacular sight.

Equipment: SolarMax40 Refractor, PowerMate 2.5x barlows, P/B LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE mount, PGR Flea3 Ccd, Astronomik Ir filter.

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by **asymon** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:08 am

Venus 2nd Contact
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com
Copyright: Alistair Symon

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by **asymon** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:11 am

Venus Transit 2012
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com
Copyright: Alistair Symon

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by **kapri** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:21 am

Here is my photo, Taken with a Panasonic DMC TZ22 through an X-Ray of my Jaw (not visible, just the black end) :-)

Vienna, June 6 2012 0615 Central European Summer Time
Klaus

by **pcully** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:34 am

A quick video of a jet crossing the Sun along with Venus. I thought the contrails were especially awesome.

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Airliner crossing the Sun during the Transit of Venus.

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Ingress Interior. The full disk of Venus appears on the Sun.

by **mlowry** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:12 am

When I woke up at 5am and looked toward the Eastern horizon, I was disappointed to see nothing but clouds. However, around 6am, (4:00 UTC), the clouds began to thin. By a stroke of luck, a large gap in the clouds passed overhead and provided an almost entirely unobstructed view of the sun for about 15 minutes. I had everything set up, so I was able to get a few good shots. I’m quite pleased with this one.

I captured this image using a Nikon D800 with a Zoom-Nikkor 70-200 ƒ2.8 VR lens, a TC-17E II teleconverter, and three neutral density filters (B+W 1000X, Hoya ND x8, and Hoya ND x4). I used three filters because I wasn’t thinking clearly, and had the aperture wide open.

Michael A. Lowry
Zürich, Switzerland
michael-lowry.com

by **csghone** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:23 am

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Few more at https://plus.google.com/photos/101160285351424246313/albums/5750810379784581409

No filters, just cloud cover for some help. (EOS 1000D)/(F/32)/(1/4000 s)

by **Darragh** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:46 am

Irish weather didn't assist observing - as usual!!

Well at least I got to see the 2004 transit from Portugal....
Darragh

by **Elias Chasiotis** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:50 am

The sky was not as hazy as expected that would allow for naked eye viewing of the transit at sunrise. There were also clouds intervening.
Despite low altitude and strong turbulence the aureole was captured during egress.
Skywatcher ED80, Canon EOS 450D, C11, DMK21BF04 firewire cam.
Elias Chasiotis, Greece.

by **profe** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:52 am

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Antonio Parra
http://www.facebook.com/antonio.parrasilvestre
Sony NEX5-N 210mm 1/4000 F/6,3 ISO 200
6:34:16 from Barcelona

by **profe** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:57 am

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Antonio Parra
http://www.facebook.com/antonio.parrasilvestre
Sony NEX5-N 210mm 1/4000 F/6,3 ISO 200
6:35:05 — from Barcelona

by **profe** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:01 am

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Antonio Parra
http://www.facebook.com/antonio.parrasilvestre
Sony NEX5-N 210mm 1/4000 F/6,3 ISO 200
6:35:47 — from Barcelona

by **peterlin2008** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:02 am

2012 /6/6 Taiwan HsinChu Venus transit ..

IMAGE

VIDEO UPLOAD to youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoUYjq7cfSw

by the way ..venus look like is small ..
5/22 I take a photo about new moon & venus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O94uEbfY ... ature=plcp

by **profe** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:04 am

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Antonio Parra
http://www.facebook.com/antonio.parrasilvestre
Sony NEX5-N 210mm 1/4000 F/6,3 ISO 100
6:36:59 — from Barcelona.

by **profe** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:06 am

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Antonio Parra
http://www.facebook.com/antonio.parrasilvestre
Sony NEX5-N 210mm 1/4000 F/22 ISO 100
6:37:37 from Barcelona

by **profe** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:08 am

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Antonio Parra
http://www.facebook.com/antonio.parrasilvestre
Sony NEX5-N 210mm 1/4000 F/6,3 ISO 100
6:39:12 from Barcelona

by **profe** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:13 am

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Antonio Parra
http://www.facebook.com/antonio.parrasilvestre
Sony NEX5-N 210mm 1/4000 F/32 ISO 100
6:39:41 from Barcelona

by **profe** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:15 am

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Antonio Parra
http://www.facebook.com/antonio.parrasilvestre
Sony NEX5-N 210mm 1/4000 F/9 ISO 100
6:41:34 from Barcelona

by **Jason Chu** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:18 am

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Venus transit setting over the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Taken using no filters on a 200mm lens.

by **Jason Chu** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:20 am

Sorry had to re-post because I forgot the Img code.

Venus transit setting over the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Taken using no filters on a 200mm lens.

by **laurencerowland** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:43 am

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http://www.rachaelandbrendan.net/venuskidsps.jpg

Projecting Venus.
Lunch-time, Fenwick School, Oamaru, North Otago, South Island, New Zealand.
Telescope free with subscription to Australian Geographic, tripod a music stand, other items found in shed, gaffer-tape...
Image darkened slightly with Photoshop to show Venus more clearly - point-and-shoot digital camera.

by **indguest** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:53 am

It was very unlucky here in Pune,India with clouds all over the sky and raining since morning. I am feeling so disapoointed that we missed a lifetime chance to see Venus transit.

by **skytomm** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:05 am

This is a gallery of Venus transit images taken from Mooresville, NC, on 120605 @ 1900EDT. I used a hand-held Lumix FZ100 with a solar filter hand-held over the lens. Note the sunpot systems.

http://www.1000plus.com/Venus/

Tomm Lorenzin
Tomm@1000plus.com

by **Ayiomamitis** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:20 am

Very fortunate to have experienced the complete transit in 2004 from start to finish and to have yet another opportunity to experience the 2012 event as well. For the latter, we were privy locally to the final two hours of the transit and which included a stunning sunrise with the transit already in progress.

With the exception of one low-level cloud at the direction of the rising sun, the sky was pristine with very good transparency and seeing (similar to 2004).

See you in 2117 for the next one!

Transit of Venus 2012 - Sunrise
http://www.perseus.gr / http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Planet-Ven-Tr2012.htm
Copyright: Anthony Ayiomamitis