Purple sun!    And a transit that isn’t quite as rare as Venus’…

Originally shared by Fraser Cain

A Jet Passing in Front of the Sun

Steve Scheer emailed me this photo, but I thought it’s a great addition to G+. Here’s what he had to say about it:

“I took it on the 7/7/12 at around 1.45pm.  Luck was on my side as i happened to go outside and saw a plane about 90 deg away from the sun. So i quickly setup the scope, pulled the battery off charge, fitted the camera to the scope, pointed to the sun and crossed the fingers. Luckily the focus was already set from a previous moon imaging session as i had literally seconds to spare.

Telescope- C102-HD refractor

Camera- 500D with t-ring

Solar filter”

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