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Venus in transit
A rather off-axis image taken during the transit of Venus, using a hand-held point-and-shoot APS camera looking through my 4 inch refractor.
Link-words: Sun Venus Eclipse

Venus in transit

A rather off-axis image taken during the transit of Venus, using a hand-held point-and-shoot APS camera looking through my 4 inch refractor.

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File information
Filename:10923427.jpg
Album name:Rick / Eclipses, Transits and Occultations
Rating (14 votes):33333
Link-words:Sun / Venus / Eclipse
Image date, time and location:8th June 2004
Telescope aperture and focal ratio:Vixen 102mm f12 refractor and 30mm eyepiece
Camera and filters used:A mylar solar filter on the scope, and a Minolta APS camera
Filesize:56 KiB
Date added:Apr 10, 2007
Dimensions:741 x 704 pixels
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