Transit of Venus, anyone?

[ham]

I can't take any credit for this shot of venus's transit.

[ahab1372]

did you wear eye protection?

[Sean Setters]

I can't take any credit for this shot of venus's transit.

I must admit....this made me laugh for a good 10 seconds straight. Well done. :-)

[Kayaker72]

+1.

[Steve U]

+2

[Kayaker72]

Ok...while others have proven that my idea of the "transit of Venus" is a tad narrow, I processed the rest of my photos last night and came up with two more.

I keep seeing a slight blue color above the sun and a slight yellow/orange color below the sun. Anyone know why?


Venus Transit 2012-5277 by kayaker72, on Flickr


Transit of Venus 2012-5254 by kayaker72, on Flickr

thanks for viewing,
Brant

[Sheiky]

Great shots Brant!
Totally Cool Pics also has a nice line-up of photos of the Transit of Venus if you are interested. I thought it was worth a look

[Kayaker72]

Thanks Jan. Nice link. People got some great captures of the event. Of course, NASA has some amazing shots with their fancy toys.

[Photog82]

Kayaker72, great photos. I live in Maine and the clouds didn't let up here unfortunatley- it seems like that always happens on rare events like this. Can you link me to the filter that you used? I'd like to try this out for myself... thanks!

[Kayaker72]

Photog82, thanks. Glad you liked them. It's too bad the weather didn't work out for you, I was just lucky to have a window where things cleared up.

I used Baader film (Baader AstroSolar Safety Film) and made my own filter at home (instructions come with the kit). There are several other solar filters you can purchase.

Info on Baader film can be found here:
http://www.baader-planetarium.com/so.../details_e.htm

I bought mine from here:
http://www.astro-physics.com/

The light that comes through the filter is pretty white. I haven't played with it yet, but apparently you can add filters to look at specific wavelengths and increase the detail on the sun surface. If interested, the tech people at astro-physics were very helpful. I'd just give them a call.

Good luck...look forward to your shots.
Brant