Observation by Martin Lewis: Venus (UV) 6th April 2020

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Martin Lewis

Observer

Martin Lewis

Observed

2020 Apr 06 - 17:38

Uploaded

2020 Apr 06 - 23:05

Objects

Venus

Equipment

444mm Dobsonian
ASI290MM
Baader Venus filter (type 2)

Location

St Albans, UK

Target name

Venus

Title

Venus (UV) 6th April 2020

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V_2020-04-06_18-38_UV_MLe v2.png (416.3 kB)

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Comments

Steve Knight, 2020 Apr 07 - 07:35 UTC

Stunning image Martin, how many frames did you stack?

Martin Lewis, 2020 Apr 07 - 19:20 UTC

Thanks Steve,

This was 25% of the decidedly best video out of 9 taken of Venus in UV. The whole video was 11.5k frames. 10msec exposure at gain 300.

Cheers
Martin

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