Latest venus 7th Jan.

[asimov]

Hey guys, want a totally frustrating experience!?? Try venus at 6PM!

Close to being the impossible task, but I got it. :)

Took me 30 mins to locate it without sending myself blind accidentally using the finder on the refractor.(sun) Be careful if your going to attempt it!;)

Had to lose the extension tube & barlow to spot it on the laptop. I got 2000 frames with 240 stacked. This will come out heaps better by hand-stacking at a later date..

[Dennis]

Hmm, living dangerously eh John. Last time I tried this was soon after the transit of Venus but I had the safety net of a GoTo 'scope to find her. Great capture none the less.

Cheers

Dennis

[davidpretorius]

it is really funny, ever since it dawned on me what you were doing ie tracking down venus in daylight, each day i look up and silently tip me hat to you. that is a needle in a haystack and you keep nailing it

well done!

[asimov]

Thanks guys.

I just could'nt help myself :mad2: & just finished hand-stacking venus. I'll post it shortly. Also got mars which I'll post after processing. (depending on how it comes out, crook seeing):sad:

I was thinking the word 'goto' as I was looking thru the finder Dennis. :)

[ballaratdragons]

Geez John, give poor old Venus a break will ya. Can't ya tell she's trying to go to bed! :lol:

Nice capture of the uncapturable ;)

[jjjnettie]

Congrats on finding Venus.
She's got a real anorexic look about her though.

[asimov]

Heres the 'hand-stacked' version. 35 frames, lol!

Yeah she's getting very thin, it's actually a lot thinner than shown in these pics.

Thanks.

[ballaratdragons]

At least one advantage(?) of her being blacked out and in a thin crescent, She's closer and bigger! :P

Not that it helps capture her any better! :o

[asimov]

Yeah, It's actually harder to capture her now mate, a lot harder! I fear this is my last shot of her!:sad: I guess I'll catch her on the other side of the sun though. :)

[Robert_T]

you've done well here Asi, especially given how close it is to the sun (and how low in the muck). I had a look while I was up in Bundy at the cresent, but it was such a shimmery rainbowy mush I didn't bother imaging it...

[asimov]

Thanks Rob.

I think it's too dangerous for me to try again without goto....what a bummer!

BTW the only hope of getting it now is in broad day light, waste of time trying for it if you allow it to get too low.

[ving]

I'd like to see one of our gotoers keep at it! :)

great shot john. you like to live dangerously dont you :)

[asimov]

I'm blind in one eye & can't see outa the other from years of welding so stuff it! I may try for one more! (I just thought of a back-yard 'technique' for accomplishing this....:nerd: )

"just one more"............asi-dorks famous last words! :confuse2: