Venus during the day

[Nik271]

Just came back from a quick viewing session of Venus. Seeing is the usual poor form, the best I can do was  magnification of x120. Venus is nearly at 'last quarter' and getting larger, almost  20''.

I used a circular polarising filter to darken the sky a little and it reduced the atmospheric dispersion a bit, at least to my eyes.

I highly recommend to try viewing Venus in the day, for one thing its higher in the sky than in the evening right now: it's about 15 degrees in altitude at transit about 4pm this week and it's going to get higher and better in the winter. It's easily visible in the finderscope.

 

[Pete Presland]

I have viewed/ imaged Venus many times during the day. It is a great time to do it, although Venus is not going to be getting as high it did a couple of years back,  still well worth it.

[Captain Scarlet]

I got my neighbour in the UK into astronomy by showing him Venus during the day. He now regularly uses it as a party trick to amaze his friends.