Venus crossing the sun

[Recty]

Anyone planning on photographing this event? Wont happen again in our lifetime, so it is your last chance!

 

[BlueCorn]

I'll probably shoot it if we get a break in the clouds. I'll use the same filter combo I threw together for the eclipse.

 

[Recty]

Sweet, if anyone is going to do a good job of it, it will be Doug.

I'm debating attempting it, but I have no setup for it at all.

 

[SwimsWithFish2]

When is it?

 

[BlueCorn]

In about 8 hours, where I am.

 

[Allmost]

what kind of filter would one need to be able to take pics of that ?

how about lens requirements ?

can anyone give us a quick lesson ?

I have tried taking pics of the moon with no luck.

 

[BlueCorn]

what kind of filter would one need to be able to take pics of that ?

how about lens requirements ?

can anyone give us a quick lesson ?

I have tried taking pics of the moon with no luck.

A solar filter.

Yes. You should use a lens.

No.

 

[Allmost]

A solar filter.

Yes. You should use a lens.

No.

Very helpfull and friendly.

 

[Misled]

Will try, but like Doug, clouds will most likely get in the way.

 

[BlueCorn]

 

[Recty]

Sweet. It was cloudy here all day, I didnt see a thing.

Nice job.

 

[snorvich]

Great shot Doug!!

 

[snorvich]

Ironically, our local newspaper had an image that was no where close to the quality of Doug's. Sad, but true.

 

[BlueCorn]

This one was a little later:

 

[Misled]

Ironically, our local newspaper had an image that was no where close to the quality of Doug's. Sad, but true.

I've worked for a local paper and learned there's a hierarchy that's followed at most of them. Every once and awhile more than one photog would show up at the same thing. While all pics may be gone over, the lower on the totem you are, the less likely it is your pic gets in.

 

[BlueCorn]

Split the hijack/arguing to its own thread.

 

[StephLionfish]

Very nice shots, Doug.

I got a picture.. but it's just of the projection through my binoculars. Not much to look at next to Doug's pictures.

 

[rogerwilco357]

check this out
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/nasa-provides-rare-images-transit-venus-144840865.html

 

[magdelan]

I was going to ask what the three to four spots are on the sun that appear in multiple pictures, but after watching the NASA video, it seems that they are solar storm. Is this a good assumption? Or no.

 

[Recty]

I was going to ask what the three to four spots are on the sun that appear in multiple pictures, but after watching the NASA video, it seems that they are solar storm. Is this a good assumption? Or no.

This one I actually know... magnetic "poles" actually moves around on the sun unlike how they are on the earth, they move and where they are strongest, the heated material from under the surface isnt able to escape out to the surface as fast as surrounding areas, therefore it is cooler than the rest of the sun and looks dark.

However, it's all relative. If you had a sunspot separated from the rest of the sun so that all you could see was the spot, it would still blind you almost instantly to look at it, it's brighter than the brightest welding arc... It just looks black because the rest of the sun is so much hotter and therefore brighter

And btw, they are huge. Some of the sunspots are wider than the earth.