We wanted to view the transit at home but at the last minute we decided to head east away from all the clouds. We got to Old Settlers Park in Round Rock Texas just in time and, to very few clouds so the sun wasn't covered up.
Here Brian is taking pictures, Mic is viewing through the binoculars, and Gabe is using the projector. We bought special covers for the camera and binoculars so we could view the sun. We had hoped to have one for the telescope but those covers were sold out.
Brian made a sun projector using the telescope and some cardboard and paper. It worked great. You can even see some of the sun spots.
Here is a better photo of the projected image.
And these are the photos Brian took with the camera. If he had had more time to practice (it was cloudy most days before this event happened) and a better camera the photos would have been of better quality. However I think Brian did a great job up until the sun went under some storm clouds.
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