dxAce wrote:
Got up this morning and was able to view the transit of Venus across the
sun.

Used a couple of welding helmet lenses I had here for viewing eclipses
in the past.

Anyone else get a chance to view it?

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm


My astronomical society went to the shore for it - got there at 3:30 to
polar align the scope and do some fall observing a bit early - but
clouds came in as soon as we were set up. The clouds cleared late - but
I was able to shoot about 80 photos in the last 10 minutes.

Here are some compressed images of two of my pictures:

http://users.adelphia.net/~msholden/VenusT0513es.jpg

http://users.adelphia.net/~msholden/VenusT0539es.jpg

They were taken with Nikon D70 and a TMB 175 f8 with a Baader filter on
an AP 900gto mount.