Sun and Venus
posted by Missus Boot at 14:25
I always seem to miss once-in-a-lifetime celestial events such as these, due to cloud, illness or just pure laziness, and therefore made a gargantuan effort to haul myself out of my comfy bed at 7 AM. Ewwwww. It turned out to be a tad pointless, as the Sun doesn't come round to my garden until 8ish. Bunghole.

Aquired the piccies using a run-o-the-mill digi cam, 10mm Plossl and telescope with lashings of insulating tape, a bit of cardboard and my limbs to steady it all. At one point I nearly fell in the pond.

All in all, a magnificently amateur attempt at getting pics of Venus transiting the Sun, and probably most amusing for my neighbours to bear witness to, especially the pond bit.

Labels: Astrophotography, Piccies