Venus with IR filter 27/12/2019

[NenoVento]

Hi all,

Yesterday I tried to capture Venus again, this time by using the IR filter and setting up all my gear as close as possible to its transit, which was about 15:30. By 16:30 I was able to take the following image:

The gear:

    Celestron CPC 800 GPS XLT
    ZWO IR 850nm Pass filter
    GSO 1.25" 2.5x Apochromatic Barlow Lens
    Risingcam GPCMOSS02000KMA

The software:

    ToupSky (Gain= 23.54 Exposition = 1 ms Time = 2 minutes)
    Autostakkert
    RegiStax
    The Gimp

Despite of having a not so bad seeing and a rather dusty atmosphere (which I believe helps to stabilize it), I'm not sure that what little detail you can see in the picture are clouds but processing artifacts. Ah well, it seems like I'll have to try again, maybe this time a bit higher (I took this picture at my terrace, which is located almost at sea level).

Regards,

 

NV

 

PS: I aligned the scope by using the Sun and then I gotoed to Venus and corrected to get the planet in the camera, then I played with the focus and the camera setup for quite a while... 

 

 

Edited December 28, 2019 by NenoVento
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[tooth_dr]

That is very impressive, thanks for sharing.

 

 

Adam

[Ruud]

That's wonderful, Neno. Very good!

[Mick H]

👍

Really good image NV, well done.

[NenoVento]

Thanks @tooth_dr, @Ruud and @Mick H. Now I'm processing yesterday's crop. Wish me luck!.

NV

 

[Mick H]

I look forward to your results NV, good luck.

[Pete Presland]

Lovely gibbous phase showing there, very well captured.

[Chris]

You really shouldn't be hard on yourself, especially after capturing such a nice phase of Venus

[willcastle]

Looks great to me! 

[Science562h]

That's good. I captured 20 GB, worth of frames, with my Neximage 5, at 100-115 fps, with ROI. 1 min produced 6,900 frames, 2 min 15,000 frames. 

Image 1. Capturing planet Venus, with the Neximage 5, using a 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain. O-III filter, at 115 fps, RGB32 & ROI. 2020.