Daytime Venus again - 1.3% illuminated

[shahgazer (Shah)]

And it get thinner everyday!

Venus at 1.3% illuminated and 9.5 deg from the Sun.

Taken this afternoon local time, 6 Jan 2014.

Spotted Mercury as well, but it's too tiny and giving Autostakkert lots of problem to stack.

[h0ughy (David)]

fantastic result - very sharp as well

[John Hothersall]

This is fantastic, your very close to getting 'The Horns' at less than 1% phase.

John.

[tornado33]

Yep, great image, keep going as it gets closer
Scott

[Darth Wader (Wade)]

Fantastic capture, well done.

[icytailmark (Mark)]

great job it sorta looks like the moon with a tiny amount of light

[shahgazer (Shah)]

Thanks guys. it'll get much trickier as it nears the sun. Contrast will be much less. But then it's worth to try!