Observation by Pete Lawrence: Crescent Venus

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Observer

Pete Lawrence

Observed

2015 Aug 14 - 19:00

Uploaded

2017 Mar 17 - 16:26

Objects

Venus

Equipment

Celestron C14 scope
ASI 174MM camera
742nm IR filter

Location

Target name

Venus

Title

Crescent Venus

About this image

As Venus leaves our evening skies for a while, this excellent series of images, taken by Pete between July and August 2015 show the development of the crescent as inferior conjunction is approached. The change in angular diameter of the planet is quite striking, and when at its closest the angular diameter approaches one arc minute.

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