Transit of Venus - June 2012

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Black Drop Effect711 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."

First Contact709 viewsVenus takes a tiny nibble out of the Sun's disk just past the 5 o'clock position.

Sunset, 7:57 PM644 viewsThe unfiltered setting Sun.

Second Contact640 viewsFirst contact plus 16 minutes - Venus has now "detached" itself from the Sun's rim and is heading inward.

The Upper Pad area638 viewsI wound up camping out on the Upper Pad area at the OCA Anza site, where I had plenty of company.

First Contact plus 1 minute 28 seconds636 viewsThe nibble on the sun is a little larger.

OCA Club Observatory635 viewsThe Club Observatory (right) houses the 22-inch Kuhn telescope.

Going, going...634 viewsWe didn't get to see the end of the transit because it occurred after sunset in our location.

First Contact plus 28 minutes633 viewsVenus is well on its way across the Sun's disk.

A Serious Setup on the Upper Pads633 viewsA very nice TEC refractor on an Astro-Physics mount; both the main and guide scopes have white-light solar filters.

Squatter 633 viewsSomeone beat me to my pad, so I went up to the Upper Pads area, where I got a better view anyway.

First Contact plus 4-1/2 hours - a different take627 viewsSlower camera settings produced a dimmer Sun.

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