Observation by Ron Palgrave : Venus in Infra Red- high phase

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Mr Ron Palgrave

Observer

Ron Palgrave

Observed

2019 May 25 - 05:54

Uploaded

2019 May 27 - 20:21

Objects

Venus

Equipment

Meade LX200 14 SCT
ZWO ASI224MC-S
FILTERS 685nm and 850 nm

Location

Stanley, North East England

Target name

VENUS

Title

Venus in Infra Red- high phase

About this image

The Venus Section Co-Ordinator has encouraged imagers to try and follow Venus up to high phases values . I find imaging Venus to be most successful around dawn. But for most of this year, the image has still been unstable, with little detail disclosed. Undoubtedly, the low planet altitude at dawn is the root cause. But, as the planet gains altitude, features are now starting to reveal themselves.
If I was more competent with Photoshop then I might be able to tease out more contrast, but this seems too brutal a step at this stage. I suspect I need to go back to basics and try to improve contrast in the initial image.
Ron Palgrave

Files associated with this observation

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David Swan, Jeremy Shears, Graham Winstanley, Chris Dole, David Basey, Mr Ron Palgrave, Peter Mulligan, Andrew Dumbleton, Andy Wilson, Ron Johnson

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