UV Venus, 7th April 2020

[lukebl]

This is a capture from the evening of 7th April. I hadn't originally bothered to process the image because, due to various technical issues, I could only manage about 4000 frames before the mount went haywire and the laptop seized up. However, in an idle moment this afternoon I processed the frames and found that I'd managed to capture some unexpected detail. The contrasting dark patch above the centre and the pale area at the bottom were noticeable in individual frames. Maybe you don't need to capture tens of thousands of frames after all?

Captured with Baader U-Venus and IR filters, c. 4,000 frames for UV channel. 19ms exposures @ c. 50fps. Green channel made from 50% UV and 50% IR . 3x Televue Barlow, Omegon RC8  and a ZWO ASI 290MM Mini Mono camera.

Edited April 8, 2020 by lukebl

[Pete Presland]

Another very nicely detailed image