Subject: Transit of Venus
Exposure: 1/500 second
Processing: Adobe Photoshop 6.0
Telescope: Takahashi FS102 - 102mm f/8 apochromatic refractor @ f/8
Mount: Losmandy G-11
Film: 35mm Fujicolor Superia 200
Filter: Baader-Kendrick AstroSolar filter
Location: Nauset Light Beach. Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts
Date: June 8, 2004
Date: Last seen in 1882, a transit of Venus across the face of the Sun is an extremely rare event. The next Venus transit is on June 6, 2012.
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© Chris Cook 2004