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Joerg & Gabi Ackermann Hurghada at the Red Sea (27°7'22"N, 33°49'46"E) Camera Canon 5D Optics Zeiss APQ 100/640 with 0.8x Astrophysics telecompressor Filter Baader Herschel Wedge ![]() Joerg was able to catch a part of the faint Lomonossov arc - the light of the Sun shining through Venus atmosphere at egress. ![]() ![]() |
Bill Hall Fernleigh Park, Canberra, ACT ![]() Nikon D700 ISO 200 f5.6 exposure 1/100th of a second. 120-600 Vivitar zoom with a 1.6X multiplier Seymour Solar ND5 filter. The image was taken at 10.02 AM on the 6th of June. |
John Stone North Oregon USA ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Trevor Ireland Balranald, NSW ![]() |
Steven Shaw Reid, Canberra, ACT ![]() Transit of Venus - 6/6/12 - Take 2 Canon 7D, 70-200 f/2.8 with Stacked Canon 2x TC and Kenko 1.4x TC plus stacked ND filters (12 f stops attenuation using live view & manual focussing then exposing using mirror lockup) f/22, 1/4000sec, ISO100, at EFL 560mm (note Kenko TC not recognised by the 7D so not included in the EXIF data) Cropped & shapened in Photoshop. |