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Old 11-05-2012, 02:46 PM
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Sol May 11th

Hi All,

Have been preparing for the Transit of Venus and found that there was not quite enough in travel of the focuser on the 16" in my observatory to get the job done.

Have resorted to an old 120mm refractor, the scope I used for the previous transit of the current pair. Had a full dress rehearsal today using all of the equipment I will need for June 6th. All worked well and there is a nice Sunspot cluster to boot.

Imaged with 120mm Refractor with my Canon 450D & Badder Solar filter, this is my first Solar image with this camera.
Hoping for a nice cloud free day for June 6th.

Thanks for looking.
Regards
Trevor
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