Transit of Venus

Posted by Rod Pommier
on Monday, June 18, 2012

by Rod Pommier

Telescope: Celestron Super C8 Plus with Fork Mount. and Byers drive, f/6.3 focal reducer-corrector. Camera: Canon EOS 20D DSLR. Exposures: ISO 800, 1/1000 second, all exposures. Other equipment: Thousand Oaks Optical glass, full aperture, type 2 solar filter.


The transit of Venus of June 5, 2012, shown about one third the way through the transit. 



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