Venus Apr 12 - UV+RGB

[lepton3]

I continue to experiment with different methods of capturing and processing Venus. This image is a UV+RGB, so the colour is real only the saturation has been boosted, and the UV provides contrast.

C11 + Orion RGB filters and Custom Scientific U filter + Televue 3x Barlow + DMK21AU04.AS camera.

Each channel is a stack of 3000 out of a total of 4000 frames. AS!2 with around 30 APs.

I tried the U channel at 1/15 s exposure, which gave about 50% histogram, and 1/30 s which gave only 25% histogram. The 1/15s video gave a better stack.

The clouds are doing some interesting things on Venus.

-Ivan

[Astroman]

Very nice, love the scale.

[luigi]

Beautiful Venus image and the detail is really fantastic.

[Deeno]

Fascinating image

[lepton3]

Thanks Andrew, that's the native scale, straight from the camera.



Thanks Luigi, at 15fps I can get a reasonably long stack which lets the detail come out.



Thanks Deeno, glad you liked it.

-Ivan

[Clayton]

Very nice Ivan!

[lepton3]

Thanks Rob. At this low elevation I'm struggling to get the finer detail I've seen in some Northern Hemisphere images, but the larger banding is certainly coming up a treat.

-Ivan

[Matt Wastell]

Hi Ivan - that is super - your best to date?

[lepton3]

Thanks Matt, certainly one of the ones I'm happiest with. Out of about a dozen sessions, I've got 4 images so far this elongation that I'm really pleased with.

-Ivan

[Matt Wastell]

When you get a few more - show them all together - I do enjoy your Venus!

[lepton3]

That's the project.

[Shiraz]

beaut image Ivan - actual colour as well. Regards Ray