MARSTOWN OBSERVATORY

Transit of Venus

Observed from Glenwood Springs, Colorado

June 5, 2012

The following images were taken overlooking the Colorado River at Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

Click on any of the thumbnails below to see larger image opened in a new window.

[Coronado PST]
3.6 MB
Coronado "Personal Solar Telescope" (PST) is set up and ready to observe. (3-D anaglyph version)
[White LIght View]
127 KB 		200mm lens, f22 1/125 sec. iso 100 @ 18:17 MDT (00:17 UTC June 6)
White light view shot through a home built black polymer solar filter that was custom made for the 2006 total solar eclipse in Libya. Click thumbnail image to view.
[Transit in Hydrogen-Alpha Light]
1.2 MB 		55 mm lens, f22, 1/60 sec. @ 17:12 MDT (23:12 UTC June 5)
Handheld, viewing through Coronado PST. Image is seen in the light given off by ionized hydrogen-alpha gas. Prominences around the lower right edge and details on the solar surface are visible when viewed at full resolution. Click thumbnail image to view.
[PST Near Sunset]
507 KB
Coronado PST near sunset. (3-D anaglyph version)
[Sunset Through Eclipse Glasses]
2.5 MB
Handheld, unaided eye's view through black polymer eclipse glasses. Tiny dot of Venus is visible when viewed at full resolution. Click thumbnail image to view.
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