Event Horizon - Astronomical and Terrestrial Images

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First Contact plus 4-1/2 hours - a different take626 viewsSlower camera settings produced a dimmer Sun.Jun 13, 2019
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First contact plus 4-1/2 hours - White Light View609 viewsFor the last act I switched to a mylar white-light filter, just for a change of pace.Jun 13, 2019
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Squatter 632 viewsSomeone beat me to my pad, so I went up to the Upper Pads area, where I got a better view anyway.Jun 13, 2019
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Bob Peck's Observatory618 viewsBob with his very classy solar setup.Jun 13, 2019
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My Setup on the Upper Pads619 viewsI set up where I could get a good view of the Sun all the way from first contact to sunset.Jun 13, 2019
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A Serious Setup on the Upper Pads631 viewsA very nice TEC refractor on an Astro-Physics mount; both the main and guide scopes have white-light solar filters.Jun 13, 2019
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The Upper Pad area636 viewsI wound up camping out on the Upper Pad area at the OCA Anza site, where I had plenty of company.Jun 13, 2019
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OCA Club Observatory635 viewsThe Club Observatory (right) houses the 22-inch Kuhn telescope.Jun 13, 2019
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First Contact plus 2 hours554 viewsJun 13, 2019
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First Contact plus 1 hour, 11 minutes564 viewsVenus plods its way along the top of the Sun's disk. (Not a mistake - these pictures are 180 degrees reversed from the visual view.)Jun 13, 2019
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First Contact plus 28 minutes632 viewsVenus is well on its way across the Sun's disk.Jun 13, 2019
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Second Contact638 viewsFirst contact plus 16 minutes - Venus has now "detached" itself from the Sun's rim and is heading inward.Jun 13, 2019
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