Pics of the Venus transit

2004-06-08 Thread Jostein
Hi gang. Adelheid and I are now at the Outer Banks on the coast of North Carolina. We're staying at Kitty Hawk. This morning I rose with the sun in hope to capture the Venus transit, and got lucky. The fog lifted just in time to get the last part when Venus left the sun disk. Actually, the fog tur

Re: Pics of the Venus transit

2004-06-08 Thread Rob Studdert
On 8 Jun 2004 at 10:15, Jostein wrote: > Hi gang. > > Adelheid and I are now at the Outer Banks on the coast of North > Carolina. We're staying at Kitty Hawk. This morning I rose with the sun > in hope to capture the Venus transit, and got lucky. The fog lifted just > in time to get the last part

Re: Pics of the Venus transit

2004-06-08 Thread Steve Desjardins
Very nice catch. Funny about the fog helping, but under the right conditions it makes perfect sense.

Re: Pics of the Venus transit

2004-06-08 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Wonderful shot! Jostein wrote: Hi gang. Adelheid and I are now at the Outer Banks on the coast of North Carolina. We're staying at Kitty Hawk. This morning I rose with the sun in hope to capture the Venus transit, and got lucky. The fog lifted just in time to get the last part when Venus left the s

Re: Pics of the Venus transit

2004-06-08 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: To: PDML <> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 4:15 PM Subject: > Actually, the > fog turned to be an ally instead of an enemy, because the sun that shone > through was bleak and mute. And well within exposure range for the > *istD. > > So here's the pic: > http://w

Re: Pics of the Venus transit

2004-06-08 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, the > fog turned to be an ally instead of an enemy, because the sun that shone > through was bleak and mute. And well within exposure range for the > *istD. > > So here's the pic: > http://www.oksne.net/paw/venustransit.html Hi Jostein, That's a gre

RE: Pics of the Venus transit

2004-06-08 Thread Jostein
Original Message- > From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 10:22 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Pics of the Venus transit > > > On 8 Jun 2004 at 10:15, Jostein wrote: > > > Hi gang. > > > > Adelheid and

RE: Pics of the Venus transit

2004-06-08 Thread Jostein
ginal Message- > From: Dr. Heiko Hamann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 11:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Pics of the Venus transit > > > Hi Jostein, > > on 08 Jun 04 you wrote in pentax.list: > > >Adelheid and I

Re: Pics of the Venus transit

2004-06-09 Thread Mark Roberts
>Jostein wrote: >>This morning I rose with the sun >>in hope to capture the Venus transit, and got lucky. The fog lifted just >>in time to get the last part when Venus left the sun disk. Actually, the >>fog turned to be an ally instead of an enemy, because the sun that shone >>through was bleak an

Re: Pics of the Venus transit

2004-06-09 Thread Dr. Heiko Hamann
Hi Jostein, on 08 Jun 04 you wrote in pentax.list: >Really cool shot, Heiko. Thanks. >The extra mm's from 400 to 1000 really does the trick. Yes, but it is really hard to focus. >We never saw Venus that far away from the edge of the sun here. Next chance in 8 years ;-) Cheers, Heiko

Re: Pics of the Venus transit

2004-06-09 Thread Cotty
>Adelheid and I are now at the Outer Banks on the coast of North >Carolina. We're staying at Kitty Hawk. This morning I rose with the sun >in hope to capture the Venus transit, and got lucky. The fog lifted just >in time to get the last part when Venus left the sun disk. Actually, the >fog turned t

Re: Pics of the Venus transit

2004-06-09 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Cotty wrote: > > >Adelheid and I are now at the Outer Banks on the coast of North > >Carolina. We're staying at Kitty Hawk. This morning I rose with the sun > >in hope to capture the Venus transit, and got lucky. The fog lifted just > >in time to get the last part when Venus left the sun disk. Act