Observation by Peter Tickner: The Horns of Venus

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2020 May 31 - 14:44

Uploaded

2020 May 31 - 16:48

Objects

Venus

Equipment

ZWO ASI 174MM mono CMOS camera
14inch LX200 SCT at f/10
ADC
Luminance filter
EQ8 mount

Location

Urban Berkshire

Target name

Venus

Title

The Horns of Venus

About this image

This was absolutely on the limits of what I could image and the first time I have ever captured so much of the horns of Venus. I waited for the Sun to dip behind my house and then had about 15 minutes in which to find and image Venus in bright sunlight before I lost it too behind my house. Venus was now less than half a percent lit (0.04 proportion lit according to Cartes Du Ciel) and the thinnest I've seen. Visually on screen it almost looked like a complete circle at times.

This is my best single stack from several videos at 312 fps, this one is the best 25% of around 9,000 subframes.

Peter

Files associated with this observation

Venus_2020-05-31_1544UT_L2_Tickner.jpg (149.1 kB)

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