Preparing coronagraphs and the transit

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05.Jun.12 - Kazakhstan expedition, coronagraph #4 - Few hours of Transit somewhere in Kazakhstan (Observers : François Colas, Frédéric Vachier)

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05.Jun.12 - Kazakhstan expedition, coronagraph #4 - Few hours of Transit somewhere in Kazakhstan. Center : F. Vachier.

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04.Jun.12 Udaipur expedition, coronagraph #9 - Why we're calling the coronograph the elefant. L. to r. : João Retrê, Pedro Mota Machado.

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05.Jun.12 Longyearbyen expedition, coronagraph #8 - Svalbard is ready (Observers : Jérôme Berthier, Thomas Widemann)

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05.June.12 Haleakala expedition, coronograph #1 - Maui, Hawaii, Haleakala summit, near Mees solar observatory. Preparing for the transit observation. L. to r. : Glenn Schneider, Muzhou Lu, Bryce Babcock, Rob Ratkowski.

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01.June.12 Haleakala expedition, coronograph #1 - Maui, Hawaii, near Institute for Astronomy in Pukalani. L. to r. : Jay Pasachoff, Muzhou Lu, Bryce Babcock.

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01.June.12 Australia expedition, coronograph #3 - Moondarra observatory, near Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia (Observers : Felipe Braga-Ribas, Len Fulman).

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30.May.12 Japan expedition, coronograph #2 - Kitasubaru Nayoro Astronomical Observatory, Nayoro city, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. L. to r. : Thomas Widemann, Tetsuya Fukuhara, Masataka Imai, Nicolas Thouvenin.

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30.May.12 Japan expedition, coronograph #2 - Kitasubaru Nayoro Astronomical Observatory, Nayoro city, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. L. to r. : Fumitake Watanabe of Nayoro Astronomical Observatory holds the instrument's end with the camera attached.

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30.May.12 Japan expedition, coronograph #2 - Kitasubaru Nayoro Astronomical Observatory, Nayoro city, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. The instrument mounted piggyback on the 40-cm equatorial telescope. Note the finderscope with a solar protection film enclosed in place of the objective lens cover, taped to the finder's tube. A cross-hair finder aligned with E-W direction on the Sun, combined with observing the Sun image drift in the field when the mount tracking is turned off, can prove helpful in locating the position angle before ingress and orienting the field of the camera, provided the mount is properly aligned.

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29.May.12 Japan expedition, coronograph #2 - Kitasubaru Nayoro Astronomical Observatory, Nayoro city, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Alternate sites to Nayoro Astronomical Observatory in Hokkaido Island. Handwritten map by Tetsuya Fukuhara in Hokkaido University Gradual School of Sciences building in Sapporo.

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29.May.12 Japan expedition, coronograph #2 - Kitasubaru Nayoro Astronomical Observatory, Nayoro city, Hokkaido Prefecture. The instrument on Hokkaido University's portable mount in Chikako Haase's office in Hokkaido University Gradual School of Sciences building in Sapporo. L. to r. : Yaiko Ichikawa, Takahashi Yasuto, Masataka Imai, Nicolas Thouvenin.

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Gettin excited about the transit..

05.24.12 First trial in Lisbon

05.17.12 First travel in Maui, Hawai

May 2012 Last tests in Meudon before the delivery

04.18.12 Instrument with camera

04.19.12 Test in Nice (OCA) From the left: P.Tanga, T.Widemann, P.Machado filmed by M.Roos

04.18.12 Occulting cone Test

April 2012 Assembling in Nice Observatory (OCA)

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04.06.12 First prototype

The participants surrounding the observers in Nayoro Observatory after egress, June 6.: