Venus, September 6

[bird]

Well, I've had my new camera for about 2 weeks now, and guess what? It's been cloudy & raining almost the whole time. In fact, the only times it has cleared up was when I was away for a few days on business...

Okay, so this image is a bit old, but I haven't had *any* clear weather since then to grab anything better. I took this the day after the camera arrived, and it was new moon so Venus was the best bet.

I'm also about 1/2 way through building the 13.1" new scope, the wait for the new mirror is *killing me* :-)

Image details:

Scope: 10" f/6 newtonian
Camera: Dragonfly Express, 5x powermate
Filters: Green filter

2000 frames, exposure 20ms.
Resampled 1.5x in registax

Bird

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[h0ughy]

very nice!

[[1ponders]]

Very smooooth bird :thumbsup: Nice and sharp. If that's first light I think you're on a winner. Look out Jupiter and Saturn.

[iceman]

Great Venus Bird, are you going to try the Wratten#47 next time? Apparently it can show some cloud details..

[cometcatcher]

Beautiful shading.

I'd also like to see it with one of those deep IR 1000nm filters. Or that might only be for the dark side when it's a thin crescent. I can't remember.

[ving]

very nice sir, very nice :)

[davidpretorius]

excellent stuff, i am yet to try this one, even though it is so bright at the moment!!

[asimov]

Wow! And I thought I was doing ok with my kodak!? :rofl: :ashamed:

Very nice shot!

[seeker372011]

superb

good to see posting images again!