Venus (IR, G, UV) | Feb 22nd 2020

[MalVeauX]

Heya,

Finally a clear night to take a look at our sister planet Venus. Captured in 742nm IR, 500nm Green and 395nm near UV to capture atmosphere.

Equipment:

C8 Edge

ZWO Manual Filter Wheel with 742nm ProPlanet filter, Baader 500nm Green filter, Andover 395nm near UV filter

ASI290MM

I stacked the best 10% of each channel.

FireCapture v2.6  Settings
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Camera=ZWO ASI290MM
Filter=IR
Duration=300.004s
Frames captured=49214
ROI=512x512
FPS (avg.)=164
Shutter=6.088ms
Gain=0 (0%)
Histogramm=75%

FireCapture v2.6  Settings
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Camera=ZWO ASI290MM
Filter=G
Duration=300.000s
Frames captured=51743
ROI=512x512
FPS (avg.)=172
Shutter=3.000ms
Gain=0 (0%)
Histogramm=72%

FireCapture v2.6  Settings
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Camera=ZWO ASI290MM
Filter=UV
Duration=300.013s
Frames captured=18736
ROI=512x512
FPS (avg.)=62
Shutter=16.00ms
Gain=225 (37%)
Histogramm=71%

Very best,

[Ibbo!]

Nice shot.

I still have only 3 outings with my UV filter and I was hoping to get a sequence of phases this time round.

[MarsG76]

Very nice result.. been a while since I glimpsed Venus.

 

[Pete Presland]

Nicely captured.