Hello, I set up my 4 1/2 reflector and projected it into the back of my Tahoe / station wagon. I made an aiming device with some wire around the front of scope. This has a 1 inch loop above scope. This sent a shadow to a card at the end. From there I used motions find to good image on my hand, Then projected that into car about 6 or 7 feet away. Used "wide angle" eye piece 25 MM, Had a 3 foot sun image. No filters All neighbors could see. I also put lots of tarps shades to make inside of car "room" dark. I had a 4 foot movie screen which I set up. White cardboard works too. Photos of screen are OK even tho cloudy. Anyone know why the image was in "Black and White" No colors like in Kit Peak images with yellow orange flames? Did see some nice sun spots. Good thing it was cloudy for the eclipse or hundreds of people would be semi blinded. My projector worked even thru the clouds. The wire loop alignment avoided any aiming risks. Wear sunglasses anyway. Gary Wallace N7JZN Cedar Hills. On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Randall McNair <citrusavenger@gmail.com>wrote:
Does anyone know the address of the Novel place? Are you talking south Provo by their big building there?
On 31 May 2012 19:38, Jorge Gutierrez <gotfoxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
If I see no interest on the transit from my neighbors, I might join you, I live in provo a block away from the mall, im gonna be using a 6" reflector with a 80mm piggybacked on it, both have solar filters, and the 6" has a camera with a CaK line filter on it
-----Original Message----- From: Richard Tenney Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 5:55 PM To: uvaa@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [UVAA] Transit of Venus -- I'll be setting up at the Novell campusin Provo
If any of you want to join me, I'll be setting up my 6" Newtonian, and my 15x70 binoculars (mounted), equipped with solar filters of course, for the Transit of Venus next Tuesday, June 5th in the afternoon. This is the last opportunity (weather permitting!) in our lifetimes to see this rare astronomical event -- it won't happen again for over a hundred years (2117). I'm planning on setting up on the N.E. side of the "great and spacious" Novell high-rise building in the East Bay campus in Provo. If my info is correct, the transit should begin about 4:09 p.m. and go until sunset. Otherwise, if you have solar gear, I recommend you plan some kind of public outreach in your own neighborhood...
Clear skies! /R
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