Venus and Jupiter

[Retrograde]

Hi all,

here is a featureless Venus from two nights ago and another Jupiter from 1st Sep in good seeing.

I removed as much of the CA (from atmospheric dispersion) as I could from Venus. The blue colour across most of Venus's disk was quite persistent however whereas the red on the brightly lit limb was a relatively narrow arc.
I did see an image of Venus on FB that used a polarising filter and seemed to show some detail. Anyone know much about this method?

The Jupiter image shows a bit more detail than my other image from earlier in the evening. Io is just off the limb and the GRS is disappearing from view round the limb.

MN190/4x Powermate/ASI120MC

C & CC welcome as always. :thumbsup:

[John W]

Nice captures Pete - esp. the one of Jupiter and one of its moons. Cheers John W.

[multiweb]

Great result Pete. Your Venus is as sharp as one would expect. :thumbsup:
I tried it last night right on the dot at sunset so the sky was still blue. From the feed it was very stable both in IR (807nm) and UV. I haven't stacked yet. I have a few polarizing filters but I never tried on Venus. Do you have a link to the pics?

Your Jup shot looks real good. Very nice details. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[leon]

Excellent images Pete, although both are spot on I do like Jupiter just that bit more.

Leon

[Hans Tucker]

The little scope that could. :thumbsup:

[Retrograde]

Thanks John!



Thanks Marc.
Looking forward to seeing your next Venus shot.:thumbsup:

Hopefully this link to the Venus shot will work. Venus with a polarising filter (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=4962237300469798&set=basw.Abq8OsJEkny0aQFuwUrxnFRTjY S0pDkNJxbp6d4hsbMNoobRIicIFCLHNGr6_ 0smCc8VgpmJkPAXFON1bdTZWwKs8Tmtke3P 5d8EjIpUKa-8xeFNudZ9mRhi_TBHI2hewcqBfUvw0wJb7S uEYc__9n01&opaqueCursor=AbpDw2LtbtYNgIA5Sr-slrB5ie7eBoouG5hby4KXr38hUXQri5vmTr nuNbsuQ73iyX8l3s28OO5gC-YWyGFv9tI25Wl2SF583PLLcJboDY2MV1X71 Kd6gkiCM5H4mSuDsYn52wAF6UgpJ2iRVPHB QM13V9aVhjaKHUXPefq255p0cBCMHUYC7Ug dQi-j6qPXd_AvJE-qv8TZkJsSXiDimhSXNpghq3_bn_6mH3_23T p1dF8L2Ers5bV5Y0AVAYUE_p7oSUuME0XxO OOWT4RWPCvtk0SVjeTwXYEJbiaUlF-bt-u-A8d01Xlpsn-ji9s2Efqn0BJJdZK-7LTOZQhpGnvDn6h_7B3bveJ7xQ21xchrH_M ugSdKwL4_csb4euoxbn4iWw4QdK2bDhwIih A-nnkcApjSkQnL8PHzbrwNTsgam_rdWMadDS3 qHhpwOTGhzvD_GPe6w-mtNsGNx47Xbcak7-GNEkzlOT3mhpKHrPCoA5eN8O5e1mKddcDD-EcW1ywu2pRI6ylM2baTLG_xBSFQd2Z5FYva JbWb4GsRVEnl6b-OS8UoReHkOydEJaDAybm857UB8SoKiaqBR9 dtKXgbTNdJLrxvRS9QAxdd4EDFJW4HHpu9G L67MRWQqGb7dFGAq2_XwDxDIbQJ5OXMOzPm YDWMpA65h12X0nrVGoQVEQJwIfXi7SVRxSL fY3ZVyHY)



Thanks Leon - much appreciated. :)



Haha thanks Hans!
Very happy with the scope (but aperture fever is ever-present).

[multiweb]

Thanks for that. So how does it work in practice? You take one video at 0 degrees, then rotate 90, 180, 270?

[Camelopardalis]

Cracking shots Pete :thumbsup:

[Retrograde]

I really don't know. I guess you would try captures with the polarising filter at different angles until you get one with some detail? I've had a look and I can get a 2" SVBony straight-polarising filter for $16 so at that price it might even be worth a punt even if it turns out to be useless (it's never going to match the detail of the UVenus of course :lol:)




Thanks Dunk - appreciated as always. :thumbsup:

[multiweb]

Cool - I'll give it a go next time out. :thumbsup: