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Venus Transits the Sun

Contains: Venus

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Orion Mak500

Imaging cameras: Canon EOS 50D

Mounts: Bogen 3035 & 3047

Filters: Thousand Oaks Type II

Accessories: Remote Shutter Timer

Date: June 5, 2012

Time: 06:55

Frames: 4

Focal length: 500

4 Shots spaced roughly 20 minutes apart - Started out cloudy and the clouds parted for a little less than 2 hours and then returned with a session ending obstruction. Managed to capture this much movement of Venus across the face of the Sun during the window of opportunity.