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iceman
12-05-2009, 06:13 AM
On Saturday morning 9th May we had a beautiful clear morning but only barely above average seeing. I captured Jupiter with Oval BA and the small white spot next to it, and before sunrise I turned my scope towards Venus for the first time this year, and captured the lovely crescent phase in UV light to reveal albedo markings on the cloud tops.

Venus was captured at around 6am local time, captured in UV and RGB. Venus is currently a 31% illuminated disc, and is shining stunningly bright at mag -4.5!

More here:
Jupiter and Oval BA, and Venus in False Colour on May 9th (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/2009/05/12/jupiter-and-oval-ba-and-venus-in-false-colour-on-may-9th)

Thanks for looking.

kinetic
12-05-2009, 06:53 AM
Wow Mike,

I have never seen such a pronounced colour feature on Venus
like that.

Also, what about the chevron/ boat wake shape in one of the
Jupiter belts?!!
Sorry for the non-technical descriptions.

Two great captures!

Steve

Lester
12-05-2009, 07:20 AM
Very nice Jupiter and Venus. Well done Mike.

Phil
12-05-2009, 07:36 AM
Very cool Mike Venus came out well.
Phil

lacad01
12-05-2009, 09:22 AM
Very interesting image of Venus :thumbsup:
On clear early mornings, she's a nice companion as I walk to the station ;)

StephenM
12-05-2009, 09:41 AM
Great shots Mike! The cloud detail on Venus is very clear.

Cheers,
Stephen

bird
12-05-2009, 11:25 AM
:thumbsup:

starfinder
12-05-2009, 03:12 PM
Beautiful images. Well done. I love the detail you can extract from the data. Russ

JD2439975
12-05-2009, 06:03 PM
Tried Venus myself this morning...hmm.
Now I can see what was hidden in my horribly blurry data. :lol:

Very nice Mike, lovely and sharp. :thumbsup:

Quark
12-05-2009, 07:44 PM
Hi Mike,
Have not seen that sort of colour with Venus previously, looks great.

Well done
Regards
Trevor