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Occultation of Venus by the Moon from The Burren
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:34 am
by Frank Ryan
What an event!
Dave and I headed west for this one.
Report here:
http://www.frankryanjr.com/occultations.htm
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:34 pm
by stephen gleeson
Bene Bene Bene
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:14 pm
by John O'Mahony
Wonderful shot.
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:19 pm
by Dave Lillis
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.
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:51 pm
by Simon Kenny
Great shots
Simon