Hi Peter-Regarding your comments on the Groups site; it was a nice surprise to hear from you. I have been off Venus for a while. For my location, Venus is best imaged  in the early morning and has not very well placed for a while. Higher altitudes seem to bring too much turbulence.  I had attempted Night Side imaging a few years ago and was surprised to make some [very poor] capture, but was not able to continue. The state of the art seems to have moved on considerably so I will be playing catch up, as well as revision!

I noticed elsewhere that you have changed instrument and mount. The high f ratio must be a great help and I understand that. In fact I am considering a Classic Cassegrain for much the same reason High UV transmission is bonus of course.  I though you were happy with the EQ mount though. I had also  built a mental image of your observatory being very close to a restrictive boundary, but that was not obvious in the picture you show on the Group site. I  hope you will allow me to contact you from time to time during my revision and preparation for the next Night-side image opportunity.                   I have lost your email address during a computer change, hence this unusual contact route

Regards..