Observation by Nick James: Venus from L2 and Chelmsford

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2020 May 30 - 10:51

Uploaded

2020 May 30 - 12:38

Objects

Venus

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Constellation

Taurus

Field centre

RA: 04^h31^m
Dec: +21°36'
Position angle: -8°42'

Field size

15° × 15°

Equipment

C6 (0.15m, F/10 SCT), x2 Barlow, EOS 550D
SOHO LASCO C3 coronagraph

Exposure

16x1/400s for the Chelmsford image

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

Venus

Title

Venus from L2 and Chelmsford

About this image

It is not often you get to image something that is in the SOHO coronagraph field of view from home but Venus approaching inferior conjunction is one of those times. I'm not a planetary imager but it is fun to follow Venus (with great care) as it approaches the Sun. I'm not sure how much closer I'll go. Even with a long dewcap the sun is aready shining down the tube and focussing a bright patch off-axis on the tube wall. Certainly one of the advantages of a Go-To mount and a camera is that my eyes are never in the optical path. The worst that can happen is a melted telescope/camera.

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venus_20200530_1151_ndj.jpg (526.9 kB)

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Dr Paul Leyland, Chris Dole, David Basey, Jeremy Shears, Nick Hewitt, Andy Wilson, Ray Emery, Dean Ashton OBE, Peter Carson

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