A quick day time Venus

[astroman001]

Getting close to 50% phase now. Taken at 4:40pm on 5th Aug, poor seeing.

Peter

[Craney]

Hi Peter,

What equipment did you use for this image ??

Here I am thinking...... "I can never really image Venus because of an evening display ,it nearly always remains behind a treeline and rooftops...",  but actually I could snare it in broad daylight....

(solar warnings etc.......).

Sean.

 

[astroman001]

I use a C14 with an ASI224MC camera and IR filter. You don't need a big aperture though, it's a bright object. Venus easily visible in a 50mm finderscope in daylight. A Goto mount helps you find it in daylight. For safety, do it from a shaded spot so can't see the sun.

Peter

[Pete Presland]

The phase showing very nicely there.