Venus 17 March even thinner.

[Dave Smith]

I took this at around 1.30pm today when Venus was at a much greater altitude and there was very noticeably less chromatic aberration caused by the atmosphere. The problem was mainly finding Venus and focussing with the webcam after viewing through the eyepiece and also the wind blowing on the scope. In order to find Venus in the first place, after finishing last night I put my scope into hibernation mode and was able to take it indoors but leaving the tripod in place. When it was reassembled there was Venus just in the edge of the eyepiece.

Dave

[JCJC]

Really great image Dave, you got the focus just right.

Jordan

[themos]

That picture stands out, for me.

[legion48]

Lovely image Dave. I'm going to try Venus again myself this evening but I'm going to have to wait till I can eyeball it.

[barkis]

A great shot of the planet Dave. Sure is shrinking now.

Ron.

[gary1968]

Well done, it is very nearly not there. Do you know how slim the crescent actually can get?

Gary