Venus Transit from Cootamundra

[multiweb]

Here's my effort from John's backyard in Cootamundra. Had a great day. We all imaged our a$$ off and looked at the sun all day. Went back home to rainy Sydney with burnt lips and white panda eyes on red face :P

Thanks to John for the lovely coffee, cake, power and pristine skies.
It was a very special afternoon and you'll always remember the people you saw it with. :thumbsup:

[Paul Haese]

Lovely work Marc. I love that sepia look. Heaps of detail and perfect timing.

[h0ughy]

thats a great image Marc

[RobF]

Great image Marc!
A bit of technical detail on OTA, camera etc would be nice?

[RichardJ]

Hi Marc,

Lovely image. Glad you had a great time.

RichardJ

[multiweb]

Thanks Paul. :thumbsup: I colorized the whole thing in PS as the original was more of a whitish/pink tint.


Thanks a lot David. :thumbsup:


Thanks Rob. :thumbsup:

I took this in 30s exposures at ISO 200, 1/4000s with a SONY NEX-5, tracking on a G11 at prime focus of my 90mm APO triplet with a Baader Mylar sheet. I used 2s exposures for last contact which is this shot. I used registax to do this shot as the offset was minimal.

[multiweb]

Thanks Richard. :thumbsup: I'm trying to put a video together now.

[JohnG]

Terrific effort Marc :thumbsup:

Glad you enjoyed the day, was my pleasure to host you both.

Cheers

[multiweb]

Thanks again mate. Something to talk about for along while. I was showing Nicolas the video we just finished and said the next time somebody your age sees something like that will be in 4 or 5 generations. Puts things into perspective.