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Photographer:

Mahdi Naseri

Location of Photo:

Tehran, Iran

Date/Time of photo:

6 June 2012

Equipment:

GSO Newtonian 8" Telescope (+ Mylar filter) - Canon EOS 50D modified - EQ5 SinScan Mount - Super Plossl 10 mm Eyepiece GSO - 3X Barlow

Description:

On 6 June 2012, most of us might have seen the most significant and rare astronmical phenomenon of our lives. The transit of Venus in 2012 was the second one in its pair (the first one occured in 2004). In this photo, not only the last stages of the transit ot the Venus can be seen with the Sun's background, but there are also many sunspots.

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