Observation by Peter Tickner: Venus and Aphrodite

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2023 Sep 25 - 04:49

Uploaded

2023 Sep 26 - 18:09

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

50 ms x 92,000

Location

Urban Berkshire

Target name

Venus and Aphrodite

Title

Venus and Aphrodite

About this image

This is an hour and 20 minutes worth of my best data collected in three videos before sunrise on 25th September with Venus already 32% lit and the bright side starting to dominate. The mountain feature Aphrodite can be seen clearly from the limb acroos the night side of Venus.

Peter

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