Venus occultation, 19th June 2020

[lukebl]

I was up at 5 am, preparing for the occultation under clear skies. Needless to say, the clouds had rolled in by the time of the occultation.

There were one or two gaps and I did manage to retrieve a few frames shortly before immersion, and briefly during emergence. Hardly prizewinning stuff but better than nowt, I guess! The dark looming limb of the moon on the right-hand side shows the huge difference in albedo.

Omegon RC8, Tal 2x Barlow, ZWO ASI 290MM Mini Mono camera.

 

Edited June 19, 2020 by lukebl

[GraemeC]

Great picture!  At that image scale, would you see the movement as you watch, the moon moving across to cover Venus?

[lukebl]

A slightly sharper rendition. Just 120 frames, most of them diffuse and noisy due to passing clouds.

Yes, once the moon and Venus were in the same field of view, the motion was very noticeable. That's probably why the moon is even less sharp than Venus.

[maw lod qan]

Thanks for the effort and posting your images.

[Alan White]

You got a gap, that in itself was an achievement.
Thanks for sharing your images Luke.

 

[astroman001]

Beautiful images.

Peter

[Pete Presland]

That is an excellent effort, i bet not many people saw the event from these shores.