Transit of Venus of June 5, 2012
Impressions from the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles
Press photo shooting at the transit corridor.
The sun shines through a lens and projects a spot onto the meridian arc.
As the spot strikes the arc's center line (at noon), LEDs will be activated on the sky chart revealing the sun's current position at the sky.
The Astronomers Monument, and part of the main building architecture.
The coelostat inside the instrument dome.
Visitors gather around the Foucault Pendulum rotunda showing earth's rotation.
The pendulum in action. The brass ball is blurred due to the one second exposure.
An astrolabe.
Inside the "Edge of Space" area.
Public viewing through the amateur astronomer's instruments.
Watching the sun by eyepice projection.
The "dip" on the upper left edge is Venus.
A few minutes later.
The coelostat's image of the sun is nicely showcased inside.
Yet, the image itself is flipped.
The same image as before, but processed.
Nice sundial.
A last glimpse of the setting sun - and Venus as the blurry spot on the right.
A.S.
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