en español   HOME   about us   acknowledgements   www.capat.org   Sunday 8 September 2013 Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina (S -42.78 W -65.00) Venus de Madryn 1. Near-central Occultation of Venus by the Moon in Patagonia We share with you, surely a once in a lifetime experience - taking photographs, without a telescope, of an almost central occulatation of Venus beginning 30 minutes before the sun sets, in full daylight, and ending in darkness over an hour later! 130908t182017 130908t191835 130908t193008 130908t195254 130908t195330 130908t195733 Click images to enlarge. All the photographs are as taken, simply cropped and resized for the internet. A variable 75-300mm lens was used. The first photograph was taken in the shadow of the Rayentray hotel, from where Venus could be easly spotted with the naked eye. The exit photographs were taken some 400 metres away, from a point where a low wall helped protect the tripod from the ravages of the Patagonia wind. Images of the sites taken with a simple compact camera follow. more after dark here. 130908t1836 Camera shaded by Hotel Rayentray. 130908t1902 Sunset from Punta Cuevas 130908t1904 Venus behind Moon at Sunset María Victoria Canullo, Robin Linhope Willson eds.    © 1998-2013 Sponsored by the Magic Penny Trust.