Venus 17th July 2010

asimov (John) · #1 17-07-2010, 07:05 PM

Shot an hour before sunset tonight. The seeing was ok but not good enough with the UV filter + DMK so this is just a straight RGB from the DBK.

C11 at F30. 600 stacked.

Screwdriverone (Chris) · #2 17-07-2010, 08:31 PM

Gee that's good work without a UV filter John,

Very crisp and smooth, nice job!

Cheers

Chris

DavidU (Dave) · #3 17-07-2010, 08:53 PM

Very well defined image, seeing must have been steady.Nice work!

asimov (John) · #4 17-07-2010, 09:16 PM

Thanks guys. Normally I'd wait until sunset but this time I imaged it about an hour before sunset. Makes all the difference to capture it before it sinks too low, highlighting any nasty conditions.

Clayton · #5 18-07-2010, 12:34 AM

Great shot. Makes me want to have a go as well

asimov (John) · #6 18-07-2010, 08:10 AM

Well I had better eat my words in my first post

The seeing was good enough for a UV capture. Looked like crap at capture time, looked like crap previewing the AVI in registax. Decided on a quick stack & was impressed so I ran it through again with some heavy handed stipulations & this is the result.

asimov (John) · #7 18-07-2010, 09:07 AM

The UV-LRGB merge.

Clayton · #8 18-07-2010, 10:08 AM

Nice stuff

Screwdriverone (Chris) · #9 18-07-2010, 01:19 PM

oooh! some cloud banding on the UV one - VERY nice.

Cheers

Chris

Quark (Trevor) · #10 20-07-2010, 12:28 PM

Top stuff John, really nice result with the atmospheric detail being resolved.

Regards
Trevor

asimov (John) · #11 20-07-2010, 01:19 PM

Thanks guys. It's not often I get good planet results from this area but when the seeing comes good you can bet I'll be there ready

Thanks for looking/commenting.