Venus cloud detail

[lukebl]

Hi,

Further to my recent efforts to capture the clouds of Venus HERE, I had another go this afternoon. This time I was using my QHY5-II mono cam, and the results were better.

This is the result of 1000 frames stacked in Registax. Baader U-Filter, 1/10s exposures, 3x TV Barlow, 250mm f/4.8 Newtonian (3600mm FL, f/14.4). The air was quite steady, so I managed to capture some definite detail despite the longish exposures.

 

 

[mikeDnight]

Simply Fantastic! 

Mike

[Moonshane]

It looks like a cloudy Earth!

[SpaceFish]

Wow, it always blows me away the quality of the photos you guys (and girls) manage.

 

Stunning.

[Mr Spock]

Super detail

[michaelmorris]

Great image! 

[lukebl]

Thanks for the comments, folks.

I had another session in a darker sky, just to see if the features weren't just processing artifacts. This is about 1200 frames at about 1/10 second. Similar details, so I guess they must be real.

It's nice to get some results out of this one-trick pony expensive U-filter!

[laudropb]

Very nice image indeed.

[Pete Presland]

Cracking image, plenty of detail visible there. All about the seeing conditions!

[U Cyg]

Another great image!  Have to agree with Pete about seeing, I had a go yesterday and couldn't even get Venus in focus, it was just a pulsating blob!

[Stu]

That is an excellent image! Quite amazing what is possible to achieve. I've just been observing Venus this evening and could see the kind of hook, or extension where the 'terminator' meets the limb each side, but no surface detail at all

Thank you for posting it.

[Pete Presland]

I really expected a big contrast improvement from 3:30 in the afternoon to 7:00 in the evening. But the daylight afternoon images were much better due to the higher altitude of Venus. 

[Trevor N]

I've never imaged any disc detail. Always blank. Well done. Trevor

Edited January 22, 2017 by Trevor N

[orion25]

Awesomeness, indeed. Nice detail!

Cheers,

Reggie 

[RobertI]

A lovely image with amazing detail. Very well done. .

[Dave In Vermont]

Indeed! That's an excellent portrait in 'gas & glass!' Folks' are coming up with amazing "amateur" images from this filter(s) of late.

Venus - due to it's elusive nature - has always been one of my favorite planets. And it still is - but it seems people like you, Luke, have made it much more approachable!

Thank you!

Dave

[astroman001]

Nice capture of the cloud details.

Peter

[resonator77]

Very rare image of Venus clouds, excellent