Observation by Peter Tickner: Venus in UV

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2023 Jan 21 - 12:35

Uploaded

2023 Jan 22 - 04:02

Objects

Venus

Equipment

QHY511200M mono planetary camera
Baader U Venus filter
14inch f/10 LX200ACF SCT
EQ8 mount

Exposure

3 ms, 5 ms and 8 ms

Location

Urban Berkshire

Target name

Venus

Title

Venus in UV

About this image

Venus remains a small and low daytime target at the moment. This was my first succesful attempt this elongation to detect any clouds over Venus in UV wavelenghts. This time I went purely at prime focus and used the remarkably sensitive in UV QHY5111200M mono CMOS camera.

Peter

Files associated with this observation

Venus UV comparison.png (62.9 kB)

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