Crescent Venus - 2nd March 2017

[Jarvo]

Hi Everybody,

Went out this evening but Venus had gone to far over into the trees and below the line of the observatory. I Won't waste anyones time publishing the results coz they ain't pretty.

That said I did run some AVIs on the 2nd and have now got round to processing them. Time is running out for some decent shots but I'm going to persevere in the daytime to see how much of a skinny crescent I can achieve.

Usual set up of the 6"Mak with a trusty old Apo Barlow from Astro Engineering (think my 2.5 x TV Powermate is a tad too much as I always seem to get sharper results with the APO Barlow.)

Stacked in Registax 5.1 (Where else ?) and tweaked ever so slightly in Photoshop.

Thanks for looking.

p.s isn't it nice to have slightly warmer evenings to perform our craft?

Jarvo

 

 

 

[Pete Presland]

Very nicely done, its getting exciting watching Venus shrink!