Blocking my view of Venus
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John Garrett
Jun 18, 2026, 6:50:38 PMJun 18
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I had a few quality minutes with the occultation of Venus yesterday. I set up my 3-inch scope at f5 and snapped shots spanning shutter speeds of 1000-4000. In the bright sunlight, I couldn't see my camera screen well enough to know which exposure was best, but I was able to adjust the different exposure times when I created a video of 6 images that capture the occultation. Honestly, I was surprised I got the focus well enough.
The png picture shows about a minute or less before first contact.
John
STEVE Miller
Jun 18, 2026, 7:02:50 PMJun 18
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Hi John. What time was first contact?
I set up my NIKON DSLR with a 300mm lens at about 1pm which I thought was before first contact. I figured I couldn’t see the planet because the sky was so bright. (I was also searching with binoculars). While struggling to see something, suddenly
at about 1:14pm, Venus pops out from behind the moon in the first photo above. I took several more pics including the second shot above at 1:41 pm which shows Venus moving further away.
Clearly, I missed first light!
SMiller
On Jun 18, 2026, at 3:50 PM, John Garrett <garr...@gmail.com> wrote:
I had a few quality minutes with the occultation of Venus yesterday. I set up my 3-inch scope at f5 and snapped shots spanning shutter speeds of 1000-4000. In the bright sunlight, I couldn't see my camera screen well enough to know which exposure was best, but I was able to adjust the different exposure times when I created a video of 6 images that capture the occultation. Honestly, I was surprised I got the focus well enough.
The png picture shows about a minute or less before first contact.
John
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Kathleen Hefley
Jun 18, 2026, 7:33:35 PMJun 18
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Steve and John those shots look freaking awesome!
It's a good life!
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