| Object: |
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Venus
transiting the Sun. |
| Coordinates: |
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| Telescope: |
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Televue
NP-101 (4-inch f/5.4 APO refractor)
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| Mount: |
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Losmandy
G11 German
Equatorial |
| Guide
Scope: |
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| Guide
Camera: |
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| Imaging
Camera: |
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Canon
50D
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| Filters/Exposures: |
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Kindrick
Solar Filter. Single 1/1500-second
exposure @ ISO 200 |
| Shooting
Location: |
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Warrenton Aquatic and Recreation Facility
(WARF) in Warrenton, VA |
| Date/Time: |
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05
June 2012 @ 23:09 UTC |
| Comments: |
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Most
of the transit occured behind heavy cloud cover and therefor not
visible. Fortunately, some openings did occur. The image
shown here was taken during one large opening in the clouds that lasted
about 20-minutes. |
