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Transit of Venus - June 2012
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Squatter 10 viewsSomeone beat me to my pad, so I went up to the Upper Pads area, where I got a better view anyway.
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Bob Peck's Observatory8 viewsBob with his very classy solar setup.
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The Upper Pad area9 viewsI wound up camping out on the Upper Pad area at the OCA Anza site, where I had plenty of company.
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OCA Club Observatory9 viewsThe Club Observatory (right) houses the 22-inch Kuhn telescope.
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A Serious Setup on the Upper Pads8 viewsA very nice TEC refractor on an Astro-Physics mount; both the main and guide scopes have white-light solar filters.
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My Setup on the Upper Pads7 viewsI set up where I could get a good view of the Sun all the way from first contact to sunset.
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The Sun - Just prior to First Contact (Hydrogen-Alpha View)10 viewsVenus has not yet begun to encroach on the Sun's disk
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First Contact plus 1 minute 28 seconds10 viewsThe nibble on the sun is a little larger.
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First Contact9 viewsVenus takes a tiny nibble out of the Sun's disk just past the 5 o'clock position.
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Black Drop Effect7 viewsFirst Contact plus 11 minutes. Venus appears to be glued to the rim of the Sun's disk. This is known as the "Black Drop Effect."
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Second Contact10 viewsFirst contact plus 16 minutes - Venus has now "detached" itself from the Sun's rim and is heading inward.
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First Contact plus 28 minutes7 viewsVenus is well on its way across the Sun's disk.
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