[N1 (Mirko)]

An observation of Venus was made under reasonably clear skies yesterday afternoon. Separation from the centre of the solar disk was 1° 2' 55", a mere 8 arcseconds more than during closest conjunction (numbers from Stellarium). I reckon that counts.

This was a delicate, low-contrast affair and with Venus north of the Sun, required a 2x4 piece of timber extended from the house about 4m above the ground to serve as an "occulting bar". An afocal eyepiece video was all I was able to grab of this, inset is a stack from the best 20 stills.

FS60, 9mm Hutech Abbe, 6D, EF50

As usual, a rotated SOHO image (C) of Nasa, ESA, is included to show position of Venus relative to the sun.