Venus

[geolindon (Lindon)]

g day Phil,

congrats on the retirement and thanks again for posting your images.

i read that Akatsuki's infrared camera discovered an arc-shaped white cloud streak that stretched some 10,000 kms from nearly the south pole to nearly the north pole. it does not move with the atmosphere but sits above a highland region about the size of Africa that rises up to 5,ooo m from the average surface. i don't know it's longitude or even if its currently in view from earth.

looking at your IR images i see a brightening along the limb - i presume it is just that . . . or could it be the above feature?

regards, L

[ags_ (Phil)]

Originally Posted by geolindon

g day Phil,

congrats on the retirement and thanks again for posting your images.

i read that Akatsuki's infrared camera discovered an arc-shaped white cloud streak that stretched some 10,000 kms from nearly the south pole to nearly the north pole. it does not move with the atmosphere but sits above a highland region about the size of Africa that rises up to 5,ooo m from the average surface. i don't know it's longitude or even if its currently in view from earth.

looking at your IR images i see a brightening along the limb - i presume it is just that . . . or could it be the above feature?

regards, L

Thanks, I'm enjoying my relaxed life now I have no work pressure. The IR limb is indeed an artifact which is very difficult to hide and not worth the time involved compared to the UV which has much more detail and JAXA interest.

cheers, Phil

[Regulus (Trevor)]

Seriously good results Phil. Hard to believe I am looking at photos of Venus.
Excellent results

Trev

[ags_ (Phil)]

Another reasonable collection of Venus images despite variable conditions. There always seemed to be enough steady seeing between 5.00pm & 6.30pm, only on the afternoon of the 19th did heavy clouds preclude any image capturing.

Regards, Phil

[ags_ (Phil)]

The last 3 days

[ags_ (Phil)]

After 6pm seems to be the best time for most Venus captures

[ags_ (Phil)]

Lots of below average seeing for this set, and days of clouds recently so nothing after these.

[ags_ (Phil)]

Some reasonable seeing in this group

[ags_ (Phil)]

Excellent seeing on the 20th for these Venus images, the only thing behind the dense clouds was the sun.

[ags_ (Phil)]

A snapshot from the last 3 months and with an early cyclone up north the possibility that no more Venus captures this year

[Emc2 (Jon)]

What an interesting subject and fantastic photos.

[ags_ (Phil)]

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

thanks Phil,

here is just a pure RGB combine done in photoshop. the
B UV
G UV/IR 50% blend
R IR

think it looks fairly natural? comes out white with a bit of brown?

(edit second photo added with less extreme blue)

Rusty

very nice and certainly enhances the details. I have been trying to compare these with any colour Venus probe images and yours look much better!