The Sun in 2012
When I first created this solar page for 2012, I had hoped to have reports on the annular
eclipse Venus transit. I am pleased to report that I have been successful!
Please see the links below for image galleries of both events, along
with articles on the events and my first attempts at creating animations
of the sequence. Please note the size of the animations before
downloading.
Unless otherwise stated, all images were shot with a Lunt LS50
filter and BF1200 blocking filter on a Borg 76ED telescope. The
telescope was mounted on a Celestron CG5 AS/GT mount. Camera used
was an Imaging Source DMK 21AU04.AS camera. Images were captured in monochrome via IC
Capture, then stacked using AVIStack and colorized in Photoshop. Some
monochrome images are also included in this batch to show off the level
of detail that can be pulled out by the pure monochrome data.
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Annular Eclipse Gallery Eclipse Report Animation (4Meg!) |
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Venus Transit Gallery Transit Report Animation (5Meg!) |
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April 7 - DMK 41AU02.AS |
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April 7 - DMK 41AU02.AS |
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April 7 - DMK 41AU02.AS |
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April 7 - DMK 41AU02.AS |
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April 7 - DMK 41AU02.AS |
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April 7 - DMK 41AU02.AS |
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April 7 - DMK 41AU02.AS |
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April 7 - DMK 41AU02.AS |
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April 7 - DMK 41AU02.AS | ||
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March 18 - First light with a bigger camera! DMK 41AU02.AS |
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March 18, inverse color |
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February 26 - original size, monochrome |
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February 26 - upsized 50%, color |
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February 26 - original size, monochrome |
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February 26 - upsized 50%, color |