Venus Transit of 2012
  • Details
    Date Taken: 06/05/2012
    Location: York, PA
    Telescope: Orion 8" f/3.9 Newtonian Astrograph Reflector Telescope
    Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Computerized Go-To Telescope Mount
    Camera: Canon Rebel XS DSLR
    Processing: Stacked using Registax 6.0, Cropped & Centered using Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0
    Exposure: ISO-200, 1/40th-second x 200 frames
    Other Equipment Used: Orion Full-Aperture Glass Telescope Solar Filter
    Notes:

    The image was captured in overcast skies (the shadow in the upper right quadrant is a cloud). In addition to the transit, this image captures a very active solar surface, with 6-10 sunspots clearly visible.