2012 Venus Transit Images – First Look
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NASA SDO image of the 2012 transit of Venus.
Image Credit: NASA/SDO
Venus crossing the face of the sun.
Image Credit: Ray Sanders
On June 5th/6th 2012, the world experienced a rare astronomical event when the transit of Venus was visible to most locations on Earth. Astronomers and photographers (myself included) have taken numerous images and videos of the event. Shown above are two images of the transit. At left is an image from NASA’s SDO showing Venus shortly before the actual transit.
To the right is an image taken with my DSLR camera attached to an 80mm refracting telescope. If you are interested in seeing more Venus transit images, check out the Universe Today flickr album at: http://www.flickr.com/groups/universetoday/
You can also view NASA flickr albums at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/sets/72157623527696147/ and http://www.flickr.com/groups/venustransit/pool/48870962@N07/. Phil Plait has an album of very interesting Venus transit images on his “Bad Astronomy” blog at: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/06/the-june-2012-transit-of-venus-gallery/
Over the next day or so, I’ll be processing the hundreds of Venus transit images I took over a four hour time span. Be sure to add me to your Google+ circles for updates.
Ray Sanders is a Sci-Fi geek, astronomer and blogger. Currently researching variable stars at Arizona State University, he writes for Universe Today, The Planetary Society blog, and his own blog, Dear Astronomer
2012-12-04 08:07:48
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