[AZ-Observing] Re: [AZ-Observing]venus about to transit
- From: "Jimmy Ray" <jimmy_ray@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 16:35:24 -0700
I wish I could say that I had it so accurately calculated but in the end I
used Kentucky windage :-) Slewed the scope between the Sun and Venus using
the GoTo, noting the point on the limb where it crossed (tada!). On the
DFK41 mounted on the short tube 80 I went to Space Weather where they had
the current solar image with the transit track overlaid, I then rotated the
camera until the image matched. Good to go. Things are still looking good.
Thank you,
Jimmy Ray
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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Heim
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 4:15 PM
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: [AZ-Observing]venus about to transit
No equipment glitches here. In fact, I have to thank my geometry teacher for
nailing the ingress point on the Sun's limb. I was at an effective
magnification of around 200x, and could only see about 30 degrees of the
Sun's circumference. I started my camera rolling a couple minutes before
first contact, and sure enough ... nailed it dead center.
Dan Heim
On 6/5/2012 4:05 PM, Jimmy Ray wrote:
> I am very fortunate that the observatory is on the west side of the
> house sitting in the wind shadow. Fairly strong winds but 1 to 2 MPH
> measured at ASDOG. All cameras running well. 1 PC lock up cost 7 min
> to reboot but that has been the only mishap so far.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Jimmy Ray
>
>
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