Observation by Peter Tickner: Venus night and day 13th March

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2025 Mar 13 - 18:35

Uploaded

2025 Mar 14 - 02:45

Objects

Venus

Equipment

QHY5111585M
Thorlabs FELH 1000 nm long pass
0.5 reducer
Pixelteq 1010/38 nm band pass filter
Celestron f/10 C11
EQ8 mount

Location

Urban Berkshire

Target name

Venus 13th March night and day

Title

Venus night and day 13th March

About this image

A minor miracle on several counts, a brief 20 minute gap in the weather after heavy rain and hailstones, then despite low cloud near Venus it popped out for around 10 minutes when the sky was just dark enough to be able to detect the night side. This is also only one day before Venus is too low to observe any detail on the night side as the Sun won't have reached -5 degrees and the sky background sufficiently dark to pick out night side detail. This is the closest to then I have ever been able to detect the night side!

Peter

Files associated with this observation

Venus day and night 13th March 2025.png (199.6 kB)

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