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Re: [APML] Transit pics from Cape Cod, Mass

Chris, I like them all - the one with the sun climbing above the clouds is beautiful!

Stuart
http://www3.sympatico.ca/stuart.j.heggie/Stuart.J.Heggie/
Flesherton, Ontario, Canada

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 10:48 PM
Subject: [APML] Transit pics from Cape Cod, Mass


> Hi all -
> 
> I had clear weather this morning here on the Cape for the transit.  I did
> lose about 15 minutes just after sunrise because of a distant cloud layer
> out over the Atlantic.  But once the Sun peaked through, it was clear
> throughout the event.  I did mange to capture an un-filtered pic with the
> Sun close to the horizon.  One of the shots I wanted to get.
> 
> The most memorable view was when the Sun was still low enough in the haze
> that it appeared as a large reddish/orange ball.  Nothing beats mother
> nature's solar filter. :-)   Venus was easily picked out naked eye and the
> sun was glinting off the ocean waves.  Very cool sight!
> I used my FS102 at f/8 with Fujicolor Superia 200 and a Baader filter.
> 
> Unfiltered:
> http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/venustransit-sunrise3.html
> 
> Mid transit:
> http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/venustransit-19.html
> 
> After third contact:
> http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/venustransit-17r2.html
> 
> When it was all over, for some reason I was signing The Police's "King of
> Pain"....... "There's a little black spot on the Sun today............."
> <g>
> 
> Hope everyone had a clear view.
> 
> Chris
> 
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