Archive for June, 2012
Venus Transits
I took a fairly low-tech approach to observing the Venus transit, setting up my Orion 70mm refractor with a 26mm eyepiece, projected onto handheld white paper. Like this: It worked surprisingly well, especially after I remembered that even in daylight I needed to align the equatorial mount towards the north (very fine hat is optional). […]
June 5, 2012
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Tags: Venus transit В· Posted in: Stargazing