I have been waiting for months to document this rare event. I don't want to wait another 105 years for the next one. It was awesome because I got to do it with my wife. We woke up at 5am to prepare equipment and went to an overlooking place inside our village in antipolo that faces east. Weather was not really that promising but I was still able to image through my baader 5.0 filter.
10:30AM
I am still imaging, weather looks better. I shoot everytime there's a cloud opening.
11:30AM
Imaging again.
12:10
Venus' transit speeds up from the simulation. I am imaging. The sun is at zenith and I have tracking problems. But Im still able to take good shots.I am shooting every 5 mins now.
1:17PM
Thank God that i was able to document one of the greatest astronomical event of the century.
The "black drop effect" in contacts II and III was not as pronouced as Captain Cook's observations centuries ago.
EGRESS
GREATEST TRANSIT
INGRESS 10:30AM
I am still imaging, weather looks better. I shoot everytime there's a cloud opening.
11:30AM
Imaging again.
12:10
Venus' transit speeds up from the simulation. I am imaging. The sun is at zenith and I have tracking problems. But Im still able to take good shots.I am shooting every 5 mins now.
1:17PM
Thank God that i was able to document one of the greatest astronomical event of the century.
The "black drop effect" in contacts II and III was not as pronouced as Captain Cook's observations centuries ago.
EGRESS
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| Black Drop Effect at Contact III |
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| Contact IV |
GREATEST TRANSIT
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| Venus at greatest transit (~9:30AM PST) and AR11493 |
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| Party with sunspots! |
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| Contact II |
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| Contact I Cloudy but good enough! |
