RichardJ
13-08-2023, 02:51 PM
An image of Venus taken yesterday morning, a day before inferior conjunction. Seeing was just average. Also saw it through the eyepiece of my 72mm Evostar and Celestron Nexstar 6. Daredevil astronomy, but the view was worth it.
Could not manage to get the whole ring of the light of the atmosphere around the planet. Probably need to have Venus closer to the Sun. On a previous occasion I did get it, but also focally warped the plastic cover around the secondary on my Nexstar SE6! :screwy:
Still working on some more videos. Cloudy today so no imaging possible :(
A crescent Venus to me highlights its location between the Earth and the Sun.
RichardJ :)
Could not manage to get the whole ring of the light of the atmosphere around the planet. Probably need to have Venus closer to the Sun. On a previous occasion I did get it, but also focally warped the plastic cover around the secondary on my Nexstar SE6! :screwy:
Still working on some more videos. Cloudy today so no imaging possible :(
A crescent Venus to me highlights its location between the Earth and the Sun.
RichardJ :)