The Sun, during the transit of Venus, was up for about 3 hours in East Lansing. Clouds blocked the view for the first hour. The sky cleared for the last two hours before the Sun set around mid transit. We missed the first and second contact due to the clouds.
The Transit of Venus projected into a box.
Photo by John French
The Transit of Venus projected into a box.
Photo by John French
The Transit of Venus rear projected into a funnel with a C5 Telescope.
Photo by John French
Shot with a camera hand held on 26x zoom with eclipse glasses over lens.
Photo by Brian Wolff
Shot with a camera hand held on 26x zoom with #14 welding glass over lens.
Photo by Brian Wolff
Large crowd waiting for the clouds to clear.
Photo by John French
Large crowd waiting for the clouds to clear.
Photo by John French
Clouds over Lansing and East Lansing.
Photo by John French
Chris Richardson and Carolyn Peruta viewing the transit on a Sunspotter.
Photo by John French
Transit of Venus on the Sunspotter.
Photo by John French
Mary Gowans showing the transit with her very nice old Unitron refractor.
Photo by John French
The Sun and Venus on the screen of Mary Gowans' telescope.
Photo by John French
Someone using a smartphone to photograph the transit on the nice old Unitron refractor.
Photo by John French
Chuck Taricska using a mylar solar filter on his telescope.
Photo by Mike Rodgers
Gene Parker using a Coronado PST telescope.
Photo by Mike Rodgers
The Sun and Venus on the screen of Mary Gowans' telescope.
Photo by Mike Rodgers
Chuck Taricska with a big projection of the transit of Venus.
A 22° solar halo. At this point in the evening, we would have rather seen the transit of Venus.
Photo by John French
A sundog 22° from the Sun.
Photo by John French
Some guy looking at the transit with eclipse glasses.
Photo by Elizabeth Straley