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Maximum Annularity640 viewsThis was the closest I could get to maximum annularity, when the outer edge of the Moon's disk is equidistant at all points from the edge of the Sun.
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Pre-Totality 2638 viewsAnd here face down beneath the sun
And here upon earth’s noonward height
To feel the always coming on
The always rising of the night:
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Second Contact637 viewsFirst contact plus 16 minutes - Venus has now "detached" itself from the Sun's rim and is heading inward.
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The Upper Pad area635 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 Observatory634 viewsThe Club Observatory (right) houses the 22-inch Kuhn telescope.
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First Contact plus 1 minute 28 seconds633 viewsThe nibble on the sun is a little larger.
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Going, going...633 viewsWe didn't get to see the end of the transit because it occurred after sunset in our location.
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First Contact plus 28 minutes632 viewsVenus is well on its way across the Sun's disk.
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Squatter 631 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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A Serious Setup on the Upper Pads628 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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First Contact plus 4-1/2 hours - a different take626 viewsSlower camera settings produced a dimmer Sun.
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Prior to First Contact624 viewsWith the H-Alpha setup, the Sun doesn't entirely fit into the field of view of the 70mm scope.
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