Observation by Peter Tickner: Venus dark side heat detection 22nd and ...

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2023 Sep 23 - 04:50

Uploaded

2023 Sep 24 - 00:08

Objects

Venus

Equipment

Player One Uranus-C
0.5 reducer
Pixelteq 1010/38 nm filter + Thorlabs FELH 1000 nm long pass
14inch f/10 LX200ACF SCT
EQ8 mount

Exposure

100 ms x 84,165 frames

Location

Urban Berkshire

Target name

Venujs dark side heat map

Title

Venus dark side heat detection 22nd and 23rd September

About this image

The dark feature on the right hand limb on both mornings images is Aphrodite terra - a distinctive moiuntain range on Venus which shows up as slightly less hot and therefore darker in the images.

Peter

Files associated with this observation

Venus dark side 22nd and 23rd September.png (176.2 kB)

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Mike Foulkes, Martin Lewis

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