Pictures I took today(June 5th, 2012) of the Venus Transit

These pictures aren't very good quality, but they are better than nothing. These were taken in Buffalo, NY, USA from 6:00pm to 7:30pm EST.

pfred2 says: Jun 5, 2012. 11:42 PM

You need to clean your optics. I can see a spot in your pictures.

trevorcgross (author) in reply to pfred2Jun 6, 2012. 3:53 AM

Yeah, I tried to, but it's somewhere inside the camera. I'll try to maybe take it to Best Buy or something to get it fixed.

Marcaine Art in reply to trevorcgrossJun 6, 2012. 4:42 AM

I could be wrong but I think he was joking. I believe the "spot" is Venus :-)

trevorcgross (author) in reply to Marcaine ArtJun 6, 2012. 7:47 AM

I changed the cover pic, but on the one before, there are 2 black spots, along with others inside the lens. The big black dot is Venus.

pfred2 in reply to trevorcgrossJun 6, 2012. 8:09 AM

Are you sure? It is all rather remote to me. Fair chance I'll never go to Venus. I hear it is terribly hot there this time of year ...

pfred2 in reply to Marcaine ArtJun 6, 2012. 6:29 AM

You may be right. Just think, now we all have to wait another 150 years for this non-event to occur again.

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Kiteman in reply to pfred2Jun 6, 2012. 7:33 AM

"Non event"?

Do you have any idea of the significance of the transit to modern science and exploration?

pfred2 in reply to KitemanJun 6, 2012. 8:04 AM

No. I just read your linked article and I still don't either. Tell me, how exactly did it impact you?

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Kiteman in reply to pfred2Jun 6, 2012. 8:55 AM

*sigh*

pfred2 in reply to KitemanJun 6, 2012. 11:17 AM

Succinctly summed up. Excellent job!

The Green Gentleman in reply to pfred2Jun 6, 2012. 6:42 AM

You're veering into troll-dom. If astronomy isn't your thing, why comment?

pfred2 in reply to The Green GentlemanJun 6, 2012. 8:00 AM

Your opinion matters to me why?

The Green Gentleman in reply to pfred2Jun 6, 2012. 8:29 AM

Dunno, but evidently you feel the rest of humanity stands to benefit from your wisdom. I'm here as a corrective. You have no idea what you're talking about; you're spouting nonsense in an inflamatory way, hence the "Troll" label. You're free to prove me wrong, of course. I won't object if you suddenly stop venting your spleen on other people's instructables.

pfred2 in reply to The Green GentlemanJun 6, 2012. 11:19 AM

The only thing evident here is you projecting. Good luck with that.

The Green Gentleman in reply to pfred2Jun 6, 2012. 12:49 PM

Rats. Right again.

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Kiteman says: Jun 6, 2012. 7:27 AM

Nice job (far better than the pictures from my part of the world - it was cloudy).

k2jsv says: Jun 6, 2012. 6:13 AM

If not there is a little cleaning to be done, but great photos.. got Venus and sunspots. I got a few decent shots by mounting some #14 welders glass to the end of my telephoto lense on my DSLR.