Popular Post +Bino-viewer Posted May 9, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 9, 2016 (edited) Hope everyone enjoyed the transit event today. I loved it. Mercury put on a great show i thought. Heres a couple of images from my humble white light setup, the second with an added Solar Continuum filter. Edited May 9, 2016 by Bino-viewer +Ibbo, Smithysteve, tuckstar and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Like you Rob, I certainly liked today! The Mercury transit was one for the memory banks! It's surprising how much entertainment a small black dot can cause! ? great pictures too! ? +Bino-viewer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Nice images Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 That's a nice image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Very nice Rob. The white one is just as I saw it, but the green one seems to bring out a tiny bit more detail or at least makes it easier to see. You certainly got a little more detail and sunspots than I could see in the eyepiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 The detail i saw on that main sunspot group was excellent. Quite a few 'oohs and arrs' from everyone who took a look through my scope. We had a public viewing session down at Alvaston park yesterday with DDAS. I must have 30 people look at the transit yesterday. That included Radio Derby, the Police and some rather nice young ladies passing by.... I put that down to the binoviewer as much as anything. The Herschel wedge, Mk V and my 'work horses' - 24 & 19mm Panoptics (giving 48x and 60x) are a great combination. Stunning views. But for me more than anything, its the start of these events, whether it be transits, solar / lunar eclipses / occultations etc that i enjoy the most. And when they do start, it's the realisation that i'm seeing the Solar system in action, in real time, just me and my scope. This is a great hobby, don't you think ?? Smithysteve and Tweedledee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Yeah Rob I'm sure that's it, I bet as the young ladies walked past one said to the other..... "Corrrrr, look at the Herschel wedge and bino viewer on that" +Bino-viewer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 32 minutes ago, Bino-viewer said: The detail i saw on that main sunspot group was excellent. Quite a few 'oohs and arrs' from everyone who took a look through my scope. We had a public viewing session down at Alvaston park yesterday with DDAS. I must have 30 people look at the transit yesterday. That included Radio Derby, the Police and some rather nice young ladies passing by.... I put that down to the binoviewer as much as anything. The Herschel wedge, Mk V and my 'work horses' - 24 & 19mm Panoptics (giving 48x and 60x) are a great combination. Stunning views. But for me more than anything, its the start of these events, whether it be transits, solar / lunar eclipses / occultations etc that i enjoy the most. And when they do start, it's the realisation that i'm seeing the Solar system in action, in real time, just me and my scope. This is a great hobby, don't you think ?? Sounds like a great time at Alvaston Agreed, this hobby is great Rob. To see with your own eyes that tiny perfect black circle of Mercury actually moving slowly across the sun and passing sunspots really is quite mind blowing. Also the fact that it has been predicted to fractions of a second, and those timings can be observed and verified by people like us even using very simple equipment is wonderful. I was lucky enough to see a previous Mercury transit, and the Venus transit which was a far bigger and more dramatic blob than Mercury. Smithysteve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 49 minutes ago, Bino-viewer said: The detail i saw on that main sunspot group was excellent. But for me more than anything, its the start of these events, whether it be transits, solar / lunar eclipses / occultations etc that i enjoy the most. And when they do start, it's the realisation that i'm seeing the Solar system in action, in real time, just me and my scope. This is a great hobby, don't you think ?? I also think this is a great hobby too Rob!!! Some people get a buzz from jumping out of an aeroplane, I get a buzz from finding out about the universe we live in. It's amazing to be able to predict a transit, or an eclipse and even more amazing to actually see them happen with your own eyes! ? Cheers! +Bino-viewer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 (edited) Sorry......no pics of the pretty ladies to drool over, just these two coppers. But they were impressed with what they saw. I think i could do with losing a few lbs....... Edited May 10, 2016 by Bino-viewer Brantuk, Tweedledee and Johnnyaardvark 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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