On a lark this week I decided I was going to attempt to take some pictures of the Transit of Venus...which is a big deal for me as I have always been strictly a visual observer. I have been playing with a new Canon DSLR camera for the past few days and posted a white light shot on my blog from this morning. I need to learn how to process images, but am pretty happy with the initial attempts...at least I will have the raw files and can deal with them as my processing skills increase. Here is the image from this morning: http://lostpleiadobservatory.blogspot.com/2012/06/final-test-for-transit-of-venus.html Clear skies, Alan -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.