Venus clouds in UV (13/05/23)

[Kon]

I managed to capture some Venus clouds under good seeing yesterday afternoon. Quite happy with the features that I managed to pull considering they were not very obvious during the capture. False colour combining IR/sG/UV; I am satisfied with the colour balance. 8" Dob manual, asi 426mm, Astromania UV and IR pass filters, 2.5x TV powermate. Resized 150%.

Edited May 14, 2023 by Kon

[bottletopburly]

Wow that’s cracking 👍well done 

[Space Cowboy]

Lots of detail again Kostas. Interesting texture on the UV image making the cloud formation almost look 3D.

[Ibbo!]

Lovely images Kon

[Mr Spock]

Ties in with what I was seeing. Though obviously it didn't look like that! I saw some very subtle shadings in similar areas to your image, just reversed (refractor).

[Space Cowboy]

Similar cloud structure to these :

https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/875861-venus-in-visible-light-ir-742-pass-and-red-610-pass/#entry12690766

[Kon]

5 hours ago, Space Cowboy said:

Lots of detail again Kostas. Interesting texture on the UV image making the cloud formation almost look 3D.

Thanks. I thought the same when I was looking at it during processing.

[Kon]

5 hours ago, Mr Spock said:

Ties in with what I was seeing. Though obviously it didn't look like that! I saw some very subtle shadings in similar areas to your image, just reversed (refractor).

I am glad it helped you. I had a quick look through the eyepiece last week and I think I could see some subtle differences in brightness which must have been some clouds. Still exciting to see them as well as image them.

[neil phillips]

Always fascinating seeing the patterns and swirls in UV. Great capture.

[Kon]

1 hour ago, neil phillips said:

Always fascinating seeing the patterns and swirls in UV. Great capture.

Thanks. It is very dynamic and always new features. I am glad to have got into UV imaging.