June 5, 2012 Transit of Venus

Imaged from Escondido, CA using a Takahashi 90mm refractor telescope (f5.6 fl=504mm), glass solar filter and a Canon 40D DSLR camera mounted on a Losmandy G-11 mount.

Image settings: 1/6400 sec exposures at ISO 200.

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Sequence
Set-up
Sk 3-hour sequence
Sk Telescope and Camera