Venus in UV 14.06.2018

[Pete Presland]

Another session on Venus, but the conditions were pretty decent again. 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, slightly different view again.

Stacked in A/S2, sharpened in CS2

[geoflewis]

Very nice Pete

[U Cyg]

Some really nice cloud detail here Pete, good image.

Angie

[Knighty2112]

Nice work Pete. Well done! I was observing Venus yesterday visually for a while (along with Mercury too). Used a polarising filter on my EP and was convinced I could see some slight detail in the clouds using it, but whether it was just wishful thinking I’m not sure.

[orion25]

Another great Venus image, Pete. I love what UV reveals.

Reggie

[morimarty]

You have certainly mastered imaging Venus Pete. Thats another cracking image captured during daylight.

[Demonperformer]

Some nice detail there, Pete

[xtreemchaos]

lovely shot Pete, great detail you have caught in daylight mate. thanks. charl.

[Stub Mandrel]

Nice.

I'm waiting for a clear night followed by a clear day so I can have the confidence to leave the scope parked but set up, ready to slew to Venus in late afternoon.

[MarsG76]

Cloud structure!!!!!! Nice work.

 

[orion25]

On 15/06/2018 at 18:06, Knighty2112 said:

Nice work Pete. Well done! I was observing Venus yesterday visually for a while (along with Mercury too). Used a polarising filter on my EP and was convinced I could see some slight detail in the clouds using it, but whether it was just wishful thinking I’m not sure.

You probably saw something, Gus!  

[Knighty2112]

56 minutes ago, orion25 said:

You probably saw something, Gus!  

In that case Reggie I did see the cloud details!  

[Pete Presland]

There are plenty of reports of them having been seen with Polarising filters. I found Venus today at 2pm, in blistering sunshine, the seeing so bad a struggled to resolve the phase, let alone clouds ?  

[orion25]

Wow. Venus at 2pm! That's awesome, mate! I know it's a planet but does that qualify for solar astronomy, lol!