Hi everyone, here's the result of a tricky mid-day imaging run on Venus, just four days before conjunction with the Sun. Venus is 57.2" wide, 1.4% lit, and 9.8° from the Sun. I was able to use the house as a sunshade for the telescope and safely image Venus almost directly above the Sun. Even with the precautions, some sunlight was reaching in towards the telescope corrector plate
- care was needed not to barbecue any passing cockatoos... The horns of the crescent have extended to approximately 205° now.
I'll be trying to post a little more on here after a bit of a hiatus, so hello again everyone!
