Venus Transit Of The Sun On June 5th

[Speed]

Venus transits the sun on June 5th. The next one will not occur for over 100 years! For those with solar filters, you can photograph it directly. For those without solar filters, you can watch the transit by using the projection method.

Starts around 6:00 pm on the east coast.

Don't miss June's rare transit of Venus - Astronomy Magazine

Transit of Venus: June 5–6, 2012 - Homepage Observing - SkyandTelescope.com

[mattb]

I have some quality solar filter material on order to try and do this right!

[Speed]

I have some quality solar filter material on order to try and do this right!

Excellent! My wife and I have dentist appointments that afternoon, but I will have my telescope and cameras in the car with me! We are going to the beach after our appointments to watch and photograph the transit.

[Speed]

Some interesting information about the transits of Venus.

Transits of Venus Explained - Homepage Observing - SkyandTelescope.com

And some of my photo's from the Venus transit in 2004 can be found here:

http://precisionshotsphoto.tripod.com/id14.html

[mattb]

My filter material came yesterday so I just need to build the mount for it. I think I may try to have some (silhouetted) foreground in it if I can line up the shot up correctly.

[Speed]

FAQ's About The Venus Transit

Transit of Venus Frequently Asked Questions | Skywatching Tips | Space.com

[mattb]

Here's my filter all assembled and mounted on the A* 300mm on a old Vivitar 2x TC on my K-5.

solar filter built by MattB.net, on Flickr

I took this from my office rooftop

IMGP9824 by MattB.net, on Flickr

Later I tried to find some foreground to include. This was a difficult exposure. Talk about a strong backlight! I was also being attacked by mosquitoes.

IMGP9851.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

[randimal]

Very cool pictures. Any idea what the other spots in the sun are? Mosquitoes maybe?

[mattb]

Very cool pictures. Any idea what the other spots in the sun are? Mosquitoes maybe?

Those are sunspots!