Venus this afteroon

[Paul G. Abel]

Greetings all,

Please find a drawing of Venus I made this afternoon. I used setting circles to find the planet, and this is probably the largest phase I have ever observed the planet (~97%)! Seeing wasn't great, but it was nice to make a start on the current elongation.

Illuminated disk: Seemed to contain some subtle shadings- one darker one near the limb though it is hard to be sure.

Unilluminated Disk: Not seen

Terminator: Geometrically regular

Cusp Caps: NPC seemed to be brighter

Cusp Collars: NP collar seemed to be marginally more prominent, hard to be certain.

Best wishes,

-Paul

[alan potts]

Nice drawing and information it was also dam good going to find it Paul, all I have ever managed in daylight is the Moon, hardly anything to shout about.

Alan.

[Mark at Beaufort]

That is impressive sketch Paul especially considering how close Venus is currently to the Sun. I know tonight we should be able to pick up Venus, Mercury and Jupiter, all close together, after sunset.

Mark

[alan potts]

A little sidetrack from the nice sketch by Paul but I saw all three that Mark flagged up to me, hanging out my bedroom window. The hill and barn gets in the way this time of the year from groundlevel. Venus is difficult to miss but I think when I finish the oservatory I will try it in the day with the Goto on the Meade or with a laptop.

A new one of the to do list.

Alan

[JamesF]

That is impressive sketch Paul especially considering how close Venus is currently to the Sun.

I agree. Very impressive.

James

[todd8137]

Saw this on twitter earlier nice

[Paul G. Abel]

Thanks all. Yes, thanks heavens for setting circles- everyone should know how to use them in my opinion, they're invaluable

[WaveSoarer]

That's very nice indeed. Great detail.