Behold the Transit of Venus

Here are some more shots of the middle and egress phases:
http://alankerlin.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/what-huge-day-for-stargazing-in-daytime.html

I missed taking photos through most of the middle as I was asked to go to Harrison School to show my daughter’s class what was happening. An impromptu class about Captain Cook, planetary orbits and then looking through the telescope ended up with another class, and then the recess bell rang and two hours and 300-odd kids (and half the teachers) later…

But it was a lot of fun

All my better photos are here if JB wants to lift any:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/116684218922961448134/albums/5750801651559125777

Also a nice demonstration here of the impact of a telescope mirror flipping things upside down

Here are my better ingress photos, no processing. I’m working on getting some clearer shots now but have been down at the Harrison School the last two hours showing it to about 300 kids (and a bunch of teachers) through the telescope: http://alankerlin.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/my-transit-of-venus-ingress-photos.html

I’ve found I’m getting good pics, using the Baader solar film i got for $50. Its the equivalent of an ND5.0 filter, ie 100,000 times less light reaches the sensor of the camera.