Occultation of Venus by the Moon from The Burren

Frank Ryan · Post by **Frank Ryan** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:34 am

What an event!
Dave and I headed west for this one.

Report here:
http://www.frankryanjr.com/occultations.htm

stephen gleeson · Post by **stephen gleeson** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:34 pm

Bene Bene Bene

John O'Mahony · Post by **John O'Mahony** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:14 pm

Wonderful shot.

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:19 pm

Well all,
Great shot there Frank.

Frank and I tried out the cliffs of Moher first, he had some scenic shots in mind, but with clouds there we left and headed to our usual place next to the Dolman in the Burren.
We got there just tin time to see Venus go behind the mood, very cool!!
I set up my 4" F5 celestron refractor + canon 300D and got the below shots.
As it happens, this is the same setup I use for solar eclipses. These are uncropped images,

Venus on the limb at 17.06
Jupiter to the far lower right
This first one is left a little dim so that Venus stands out

Time=17.13

Time=17.40

enjoy.

Simon Kenny · Post by **Simon Kenny** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:51 pm

Great shots

Simon