I just took my first photo of Venus. I used a 125mm Hugo reflector and a digital zoom camera.
Someone may correct me if you like because I'm not exactly sure. It appears that Venus is exhibiting a phase much like the phases of illumination on the Moon.
I interpreted the planet as exhibiting an almost half moon type of phase since I noticed that part of the disk is missing.
Is anyone with a larger telescope getting a picture of Venus which shows it in a particular phase?
http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/2...fvenusamg7.jpg