Venus in UV from 2-6-2018

[Pete Presland]

Another daylight session on Venus, but the conditions were clearly better than recently. Captured in daylight, at an altitude around 30 degrees.

The usual set up, C9.25, Asi290mm, X1.8 Barlow & Baader UV filter. 15,000 frames captured, stacked 10% Some nice detail visible again.

Stacked in A/S2, sharpened in CS2.

 

 

[Ben the Ignorant]

Nice. Do you also image it in infrared?

[Pete Presland]

9 minutes ago, Ben the Ignorant said:

Nice. Do you also image it in infrared?

Yes I have done many times, especially when the phase gets really thin and there isn't much chance of cloud detail.

This was with an Astronomik 807 IR pass filter, at around 2% illuminated. A tough target, helped very much by this filter. 

 

[si@nite]

Lovely shot of Venus Pete showing cloud detail too, as said in a previous post wished I could get on it as ive only imaged it a few times before!

[Knighty2112]

Nice work Pete. Some nice cloud detail showing again. May get a UV filter and try it on my camera and see if I can pick cloud detail up too!  

[Knighty2112]

Just realised my camera has one built in over the sensor, so don’t need one. I guess I need to alter gain and exposure settings, along with perfect focus to try to capture any cloud details. 

[U Cyg]

Nice cloud detail Pete. ?  I like to keep up with your Venus images.

Angie

 

[orion25]

Great detail, Pete. Venus is a mysterious one!

Reggie

[morimarty]

Thats a great image of venus Pete. The clouds are clearly defined.

[Pete Presland]

14 hours ago, Knighty2112 said:

Just realised my camera has one built in over the sensor, so don’t need one. I guess I need to alter gain and exposure settings, along with perfect focus to try to capture any cloud details. 

I think you will struggle to capture much detail without a UV filter. 

I have seen some examples though over the years that have.