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Douglas Rollain

LBN 576 - The Garlic Nebula

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June 8 2004 Venus Transit image

June 8 2004 Venus Transit


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C5 on C5+ single arm mount. From the east side of The Contemporary at Disney World. Baader Solar film filter, Canon S330 camera. An old-style C90 with Baader film did visual spotting. My wife and I set up at 4:00AM after staying up though the night and fighting dew on the scopes. The sun rose through thunderstorms with the transit nearing the end. Neither of us saw any sign of the black drop effect. I attempted to photograph Venus clear of the face of the sun as a ring of fire without success.