Observation by Andrew Paterson: Crescent Venus by IPhone

Uploaded by

Andrew Paterson

Observer

Andrew Paterson

Observed

2020 Jun 13 - 08:20

Uploaded

2020 Jun 13 - 09:52

Objects

Venus

Equipment

Meade LX 90
iPhone 6s eyepiece projection

Location

Hill Head

Target name

Venus

Title

Crescent Venus by IPhone

About this image

The thin crescent Venus is now far enough from the Sun to be safely viewed against a blue sky. The crescent is a lovely sight - sadly my rather primitive kit doesn’t really do it justice. I did manage to see Venus on June 5 less than two days after this very close inferior conjunction. It was a difficult observation with the telescope stopped down and shaded to reduce the uncomfortable brilliance of the background sky but there was no way I could image Venus.

Files associated with this observation

88772C3C-3866-4917-99CD-452779641964.jpeg (60.9 kB)

Like this image

David Basey, Chris Dole, Jeremy Shears, Eric Walker, Mr Michael Alan Frost, Martin Lewis, Andy Wilson, Gary Poyner

Copyright of all images and other observations submitted to the BAA remains with the owner of the work. Reproduction of work by third parties is expressly forbidden without the consent of the copyright holder. By submitting images to this online gallery, you grant the BAA permission to reproduce them in any of our publications.

Registered charity no. 210769
Registered company no. 117572

For more information including contact details, click here.

Our Terms of Use are here.

Our Privacy Policy is here.