Mecury Transit
Nov 12, 2019 02:36:05 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
The shots below where taken at 950mm at F7.5 with a solar filter. There was some overcast that reduced the contrast but I was able to shot through it. All the images except the last where using stacked frames taken from 4K Video using my DSLR. The last image was a single shot that caught some birds flying across the sun just before the Transit ended. The sun was very quite no noticeable sunspots. All comments, questions and suggestions are welcome.
Nov 12, 2019 03:23:01 #
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Nov 12, 2019 06:49:59 #
https://xkcd.com/2227/
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Oh...awesome pix.
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Oh...awesome pix.
Nov 12, 2019 11:06:46 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
Tomfl101 wrote:
Great images. Mercury is super cool but the birds are even better!
Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.I actually didn’t know I caught this image until I reviewed the images after the transit.
Nov 12, 2019 21:52:04 #
Ballard wrote:
The shots below where taken at 950mm at F7.5 with a solar filter. There was some overcast that reduced the contrast but I was able to shot through it. All the images except the last where using stacked frames taken from 4K Video using my DSLR. The last image was a single shot that caught some birds flying across the sun just before the Transit ended. The sun was very quite no noticeable sunspots. All comments, questions and suggestions are welcome.
a circle is perfect
again
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Nov 13, 2019 06:14:03 #
Nov 13, 2019 06:39:03 #
Ballard wrote:
The shots below where taken at 950mm at F7.5 with a solar filter. There was some overcast that reduced the contrast but I was able to shot through it. All the images except the last where using stacked frames taken from 4K Video using my DSLR. The last image was a single shot that caught some birds flying across the sun just before the Transit ended. The sun was very quite no noticeable sunspots. All comments, questions and suggestions are welcome.
Ballard, fantastic set. Never had a chance since a cold front was coming through.
Greg
Nov 13, 2019 07:40:58 #
Ballard wrote:
The shots below where taken at 950mm at F7.5 with a solar filter. There was some overcast that reduced the contrast but I was able to shot through it. All the images except the last where using stacked frames taken from 4K Video using my DSLR. The last image was a single shot that caught some birds flying across the sun just before the Transit ended. The sun was very quite no noticeable sunspots. All comments, questions and suggestions are welcome.
I tried and failed, so you did good!!
Nov 13, 2019 08:08:13 #
Ballard wrote:
The shots below where taken at 950mm at F7.5 with a solar filter. There was some overcast that reduced the contrast but I was able to shot through it. All the images except the last where using stacked frames taken from 4K Video using my DSLR. The last image was a single shot that caught some birds flying across the sun just before the Transit ended. The sun was very quite no noticeable sunspots. All comments, questions and suggestions are welcome.
I'm guessing an Explore Scientific 127mm triplet? APO refractors are awesome for planets and moon. Your bird shot is right up there with a ISS crossing.
Nov 13, 2019 08:46:41 #
Ballard, very well done, the geese are amazing. I don't understand why people hijack a post.
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