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Here are some of the pics I took of the Venus transit today. I don't have a fancy imaging set up. I just hold a piece of crap camara up to the eyepiece.
Shortly after it began. Look at about 8 o'clock. There are also sunspots visible in most of these pics.
http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/...Transit001.jpg
http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/...Transit004.jpg
http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/...Transit019.jpg
http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/...Transit023.jpg
Cool!
Pretty darn good pictures. Thanks for sharing! Did you do that with a refractor? I have a big dapsodian I wish I could do pictures
The sun looks awesome. What did you do to protect yourself from being blinded?
very cool!
Awesome!
Yes, I used a 4" refractor with a 26 mm eyepiece giving a magnification of 38X. You could probably do pics with your dob. I haven't tried with mine though. These aren't timed exposures so you don't have to worry about tracking.Quote:
Originally Posted by battle_sight_zero
I used a white light solar filter on the end of the telescope. That is what gives the sun the orange color. For some reason the camera shows the yellow/white spot when taking a picture. It's not there just looking with your eye. I'm not much of a photographer so I couldn't tell you why that happens.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Great pictures, thank you for posting those up.
Sweet pics!
Thank you for sharing!
That is freaking awesome!
Outer space scares the crap outta me.
Thanks for the deep thoughts. [LOL]
In space no one can hear you scream.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tinelement
And you know what I can't wrap my little peon brain around....Quote:
Originally Posted by jim
Space never ends. That's just messed up.
Wow, thats incredible thanks for sharing that.
Thanks for the compliments everyone.
Thats awesome. Great shots[Beer]
Nice pics. Thanks for sharing!