A quick afocal Venus, 17th Oct 2010

[StephenM]

Hi all,

I had the scope out looking at Venus about 1 hr before sunset this afternoon, and captured this hand-held afocal image with a little Cybershot compact camera. Nothing great, but the crescent is visible!
The seeing was terrible so I was a bit surprised how well this came out.

Cheers,
Stephen

[Bloodbean]

That's pretty impressive considering it's daytime! Will have to try this sometime myself before the sun sets. Thanks for sharing

Troy

[h0ughy]

well done

[Quark]

Pretty good result Stephen, considering the equipment used. Just goes to show that there is a wide range of cameras out there that can produce interesting astro images.

Regards
Trevor

[StephenM]

Thanks guys!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Screwdriverone]

Ahh, it was nice of Venus to smile for the camera, very cute....

Came out well.

Cheers

Chris

[paulF]

Turbulence is very obvious but nevertheless very good shot!