[AZ-Observing] Re: Images of Occultation of Venus

Some cool images, Tom. The video is great. Thanks for sharing.

- Sam
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From: "Tom Polakis" <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 9:45 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Images of Occultation of Venus


> Here are some images of the beautimous Venus occultation that occurred 
> this morning.
>
> http://www.pbase.com/polakis/venusmoon0409
>
> I used a 70-200mm lens with a 20D, and then attached the 20D to a TV101 
> refractor.  The Webcam was in the 10" at prime focus, and I recorded 
> ingress, but missed egress.
>
> Thanks to Rick Tejera for the excellent description.  I don't have much 
> more to add.  All aspects of the event were pleasing views through the 
> little Pronto, and the naked eye view was great as well.
>
> Post-processing the video, I see that the entire ingress took roughly 4800 
> frames, which would correspond to 80 seconds at 60 fps.
>
> Tom
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