6th Jun. 2012 ::
The Transit of Venus June 2012
The weather looked horrible at 4:45am (sunrise) from Ashdown Forest, South East UK...
Luckily for just a few minutes very close to 5:37am (3rd Contact) the skies cleared just enough to grab a few frames. As usual I realised (once again) that camera lenses are no match for a telescope with it's light gathering power and fine focus ability.
Anyway, I was very happy to have captured the last Venus transit for 105 or so years...
This is how it looked for the Japanese Hinode Solar Optical Telescope.
Kev
Awesome effort fella! It's the black drop effect as well. We'll see if your next one in 105 years is up to the same standard....;) Until then time to take shots of other planets transiting other stars, although you might a bigger lens for that...;)
#1 – 7 June, 2012 at 8:11 am