Shadows Transits and Eclipses Images courtesy of Dr. Chris Mullis (KH7XT) EUMETSAT, NASA, Berkin Aydogmus (TA3J) & Anthony Ayiomamitis
Lunar Eclipse As seen in Germany Dr Chris Mullis
Transit of Mercury Dr Chris Mullis
Transit of Venus Dr Chris Mullis
Transit of Venus Info 8 June 2004 Time-lapsed images of the planet Venus crossing the face of the Sun as viewed from Munich, Germany. The transit lasted about six hours, starting at 7:20am CET and ending at 1:23pm CET. Each second of time in this animation corresponds to 15 minutes of actual time.Details: The image is oriented such that North is up and East is to the left. Venus moves with an angular speed of 3.2 arc- minutes per hour. Venus's minimum separation from the Sun is 627 arc-seconds. Venus's disk has a diameter of 58 arc-seconds. The Sun's disk is 31.5 arc-minutes (~0.5 degrees) in diameter. Technical: Sony DSC-F717 digital camera manually butted to the eyepiece of a 10x80 binoculars fitted with mylar solar filters. Exposure setup - f/5.6, 1/80 sec, auto-focus on central focus region, daylight white balance, ISO 100. Field rotation corrected manually in post- processing. Variations in color, intensity, and size are artifacts; time sampling is non-uniform.
Solar Eclipse 2006 EUMETSAT Moonshadow on the Sahara
Moon Shadow over Turkey EUMETSAT
Solar Eclipse in Turkey - by Berkin
They were quite proud of their eclipse in Turkey!!! A 30 Lira Coin! A 70 Kurush stamp
Transit of ISS Anthony Ayiomamitis
Transit of ISS and STS Anthony Ayiomamitis
Transit of ISS on the Moon Anthony Ayiomamitis
Transit of Deimos and Phobos on Mars Deimos Phobos NASA
Disclaimer Aloha I put together these power points for use in my science classes. You may use them in your classes. Some images are public domain, some are used under the fair-use provisions of the copyright law, some are mine. Copyright is retained by the owners! Ted Brattstrom