[AZ-Observing] Re: venus about to transit
- From: Dan Heim <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:55:31 -0700
I had wind problems here in New River too. Just shut down my camcorder
after Venus reached its own diameter inside the solar disc. Anxious to
see what I got ... can't tell much from the viewfinder other than
verifying focus. Gonna be a LOT of processing time to find the single
frames that weren't blurred by wind vibrations. But in the end, I should
be able to put together a nice time-lapse. Seeing was actually pretty
good here, but there is a haze in the air. Cooling down in my office
now, but going out for some visual H-alpha shortly.
Dan Heim
On 6/5/2012 3:32 PM, Stan Gorodenski wrote:
> I observed first contact, which I estimate to have been about 3:06:35,
> and just got done observing it until second contact. The seeing here is
> horrible. Most of the time the sun spots are a blur. It would have been
> a waste of time taking images. I also had to put up with a sloppy RA
> being pushed around with the strong winds here. I finally moved the OTA
> of the 5" refractor further down on the rings so that it was heavier on
> one side. That seemed to stop most of the bouncing around.
>
> I'm using the Lunt Wedge. In spite of the poor seeing I do think I saw
> the aureole starting at about 3/4 of the way to second contact. Has
> anyone seen it? Maybe I imagined it, but I don't think so. Because of
> very poor seeing there is not much sense trying to see if anything can
> be seen now that it is completely inside the sun. I'll just check it out
> now and then to see how it progresses.
> Stan
>
> On 6/5/2012 3:03 PM, Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy) wrote:
>
>> Benson, AZ 85602
>> hm ph: 520-586-2244 I hope you're ready for the transit. Jim, it will be in
>> the northern hemisphere of the sun. I just looked at the nice video on the
>> SOHO site showing Venus approaching. Nice. The weather down here is crystal
>> clear, hot and a little breezy. Good luck!
>> Clear skies,
>> Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy)
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