[AZ-Observing] Re: Transit of Venus
- From: Stan Gorodenski <stanlep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:07:09 -0700
Hi Jeff,
I recently purchased a Lunt Wedge I plan on putting on my Explore
Scientific ED127 refractor and taking images with the Meade DSI camera.
I tested out the Wedge and am very happy with it. I am not sure about
the DSI because the chip is so small the entire disk of the sun does not
fit on it, even though I can see the full disk visually. Maybe this is
not an important consideration.. I will be observing at my place in
Dewey. If you, or anyone else would like, you are welcome to come to my
place and set up, although maybe you will be going to your Spruce
Mountain place.
Stan
On 12/4/2011 4:43 PM, Jeff wrote:
> The January issue of Sky& Telescope has a couple of articles on the transit
> of Venus. The next one is next June. The following one will be 115 year
> later. So, most likely this will be the last chance anone alive today will
> have to view it. I made a trip to NYin 2004 to view the transit then. I was
> not disappointed.
> See:
> http://www.hposoft.com/Astro/Venus%20Transit/Venus%20Transit.html
>
> Has anyone made any plans for the event? I will probably set up my 8" LX 90
> with a full aperture solar filter as well as my little 60 mm ETX 60 with
> filter (this is what I used in NY).
>
> Jeff
> Hopkins Phoenix Observatory
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> Counting Photons
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> http://www.hposoft.com/Campaign09.html
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