Crescent Venus, Saturday 5th August

[Tinderboxsky]

A clear patch today with Venus right on the Meridian in bright sunshine.

Swapping out the focal reducer that normally lives on my Vixen ED103S and adding in a 2X Barlow gave me a 1500 focal length and better image scale.

Venus was still 14 degrees from the Sun. This may be the closest I am able to capture. The weather does not look promising and a travel commitment will rob me of the opportunity right at closest approach.

Thanks for looking.

[Dave882]

Wow that’s really well done! I’m not sure I’m game to try to catch it so close to the sun now- although the thought has defiantly crossed my mind more than once!!

[Tinderboxsky]

Thanks, David.

[Averton]

Fantastic crescent Steve.

[Tinderboxsky]

Thanks, Clare and Peter.