As the Sun rose on Tuesday morning there
were bands
of clouds moving from West to East. When the Sun cleared the
trees to the Northeast a thin band of clouds came through darkening the
Sun enough to allow me
to view it without having to use a solar filter on the telescope.
The view was
magnificent. Parts of the Sun appeared deep red and orange with
dark gray bands across it's face. After viewing this for a just
few seconds I knew I had to try and take a picture. Replaced the eyepiece and diagonal
with a camera and guessed at the exposure, took one shot and the clouds
became much thicker and covered up the sun for about another 15
minutes. By now the sun was much higher and brighter so I placed
a solar filter over the telescopes and continued to view the
transit.
My wife Sherry joined me and we viewed the transit from the 2nd story
porch of our
home in Wayside Maryland until just before 3rd contact when the clouds
once again covered the Sun.
