Venus transit from the sunny centre of NSW

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

To avoid the clouds and rain, Dave Hough and I ventured to Nyngan which is about 600km inland from Newcastle and at the very dead centre of NSW

Under pristine blue skies we enjoyed the transit from start to finish and from an unusual location as you can see from the photos..even did a live radio phone interview with BBC breakfast radio in England

Thanks so much for the experience Dave, we had a ball huh? (Dave did most of the work I was essentially his Caroline Herschel)

See a larger size quick and dirty Ha montage showing very first contact to third contact HERE

and some photos of the setup and location HERE

What a fabulous whirlwind tour

Mike

[Phil Hart]

lovely mike and houghy. great catch with the sunlight in venus' atmosphere. opposite of the black drop?

Phil

[iceman (Mike)]

Awesome photos! Was wondering where you ended up!

Nice work team!

[h0ughy (David)]

wow you did well Mike - i havent even thought of getting it together like that yet. Did you send a copy to Ray?

[Derek Klepp]

It was worth the trip!

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Excellent results Mike, and it looks like you guys had a blast!

[Dennis]

So glad that you guys managed to see and image the event. Great set of pics and location shots. Look at those mounts, driven hard past their meridian flip point!

Cheers

Dennis

[Paul Haese]

Well done Mike, nice third contact image too. BTW I think Caroline was pretty active. Five comet discoveries and kept going after Will snuffed it. So does that mean you were active????

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Sharing the experience with good friends make it all the more memorable.
LOLOL Great photos.

[zardos123 (Brad)]

A few of candid shots of the two masters at work, a couple of points to note
The secret capture techniques of these guys
The rustic location
regards brad

[zardos123 (Brad)]

A few more, note the meat saw behind us that adds to the overall ambience
regards brad

[Quark (Trevor)]

Well done guys, certainly looks a rustic setting, impressive results.

Cheers
Trevor

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Great shots Brad

A day to remember really...and for many others too it would seem

Mike

[hotspur (Chris)]

2nd contact image surely IOTW! brilliant!

[h0ughy (David)]

some classic ones there of the ambience of the situation - and the baked dinner that night was exceptional!!!

[Shiraz (Ray)]

Really excellent transit images Mike.

regards Ray