White light Venus Transit from Brisbane + 3 videos + Commemorative images

[von Tom]

Some images I caught of the event, using a 12" Dobsonian, Canon EOS 600D in still and movie mode, and 5x Powermate for the closeups.

The image of the ship is a composite of a Venus transit photo and a photo I took of the replica HMB Endeavour from April last year as is made its way past Pottsville to Brisbane on its circumnavigation of Australia.

Also some video:
Ingress (16x speed):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwnW8PXqolc&list=UUhWFfJa-SnlNqs-KJntOhrw&index=2&feature=plcp

also:
http://youtu.be/SlJj6qBir10

and a highly magnified video of the planet leaving the disc:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqUVVdj6efU&list=UUhWFfJa-SnlNqs-KJntOhrw&index=1&feature=plcp


Thanks for looking

Tom

[Derek Klepp]

Thanks Tom

[von Tom]

Video added

[von Tom]

Video of transit commencement added.

[Liz]

Wonderful Tom. :thumbsup:

[Deeno]

Nice!
Always something a little original....

[bkm2304]

Your Australian shot will be the one shown years into the future, Tom! A great piece of astro - history!

Thanks for the image,:thumbsup:

Richard

[Nico13]

Nice work :thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

:) I always love your work. You're such an original.

[von Tom]

Thanks all for the kind words. I've added a composite shot of 8 full frame stills.

Tom

[rustigsmed]

they look great Tom, nice and sharp!

[naskies]

Love the newspaper shot - it's one that makes me immediately think "that's clever!" and wish that I'd thought of it :) That first shot is nice and sharp too.

[Dennis]

Lovely set Tom – always something different from you to pique the interest!

Cheers

Dennis

[SkyViking]

Very beautiful and very original! Thanks for sharing.

[FlashDrive]

Love them all .... especially the ' News Paper ' shot ... that's one to put in a ' Time Capsule '

Flash :hi:

[StephenM]

Great series Tom, and I agree with the comments above regarding the newspaper image - very clever!

Cheers,
Stephen

[von Tom]

Thanks everyone. Yesterday the Australian ran with the image I took of the transit projected on the paper's date :)

[von Tom]

Video of the planet leaving the disc added:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqUVVdj6efU&list=UUhWFfJa-SnlNqs-KJntOhrw&index=1&feature=plcp

Tom

[RichardJ]

Hi Tom,

Fantastic work! Flew up to Brisbane and helped out at the Planetarium all day (showed the sun to >1,000 people). Also managed to take some still shots. Observed the ingress and egress visually and your video gives me a great momento. The black drop effect was fabulous.

Thanks again.

Richard J. :) :) :)

[von Tom]

Thanks Richard.

More piccies... :)

[orestis]

Stunning images:eyepop: Tom,

I especially like the composite image showing venus's path.

Sorry to bother you, but I was just wondering how you acheive focus on the 12'' dob,I assume this is prime focus.I recently bought a canon 550d and tried to attach it to the scope via the t ring and 2'' adapter but could not achieve focus.My scope specs are 300X1500 f/5.

Once again,All your photos are ajoy to look at thanks for posting
Regards Orestis

[von Tom]

Hi Orestis. I can only speak about the Sky Watcher Goto Dobsonian series where they all can reach focus with a DSLR at prime focus. I don't use the 2" adapter. With a 5x Powermate or 2x Barlow on the 1.25" tube focus is reached with plenty of room to spare. Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Tom

[h0ughy]

wow some thoughtful work there - well done

[Ric]

Excellent work Tom.

The video's are fantastic.

[Derek Klepp]

Excellent additions since I last looked. That high mag video illustrates nicely the illusionary black drop effect,

[Matt Wastell]

Great image updates Tom!

[von Tom]

Glad you like the images and videos. Here's a pic of the business end of the setup used.

I had the scope setup in the garage as all angles were covered for the event from in there, and I could close the door whenever I was not imaging or looking. Also, there was no wind. :)

Tom

[strongmanmike]

Great images and some cool ideas there Tom, well done.

Mike

[von Tom]

Here's a compilation of all full disc images taken of the event. I didn't plan on set intervals so I took them sporadically, when I could.

[JohnOS]

Thankyou for sharing these images.