Observation by Peter Tickner: Valentine's Day Venus - the night side

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2022 Feb 14 - 06:56

Uploaded

2022 Feb 14 - 19:35

Objects

Venus

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Constellation

Scorpius

Field centre

RA: 16^h28^m
Dec: -26°24'
Position angle: +178°20'

Field size

0°08' × 0°05'

Equipment

ZWO ASI174MM
1000 nm long pass and 935/170 nm Semrock filters stacked
14inch f/10 LX200ACF SCT
EQ8 mount

Location

Urban Berkshire

Target name

Venus night side

Title

Valentine's Day Venus - the night side

About this image

An unexpected clear early morning after serveral successive cloud outs finally gave me a chance to capture more night side data before the bright side of Venus becomes too dominant. This was the second opportunity to use my new filter combination, similar to that used by Anthony Wesley and Phil Miles in Australia, again I am grateful for their permission to share their excellent image taken within 24 hours of mine. Our filter combination can detect hot areas on the surface but also some clouds will be detected too so it is quite hard to pick out - except for the surface feature known as Aphrodite which shows in both our images.

Peter

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Venus Valentine comparison.png (406.3 kB)

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