Crescent Venus with binoculars.

[IB20]

As it’s quite windy and Venus is approaching my neighbouring rooftops, I thought I’d have a quick glance at the planet through my 15 x 70 bins. Not expecting much, other than a bright point of light with some CA, I was pretty taken aback with how clearly the crescent phase was showing. Obviously it wasn’t as stable an image as through a scope, (perhaps I need IS binos…) but it was still a great sight. 

I don’t know why I’ve never tried bins before, I always just reached for my g’n’g scope first. This gives me great opportunity to track Venus’ phase when it’s at lower altitude and becomes out of reach with a scope for the remainder of this apparition.

[Franklin]

7 hours ago, IB20 said:

This gives me great opportunity to track Venus’ phase when it’s at lower altitude and becomes out of reach with a scope for the remainder of this apparition.

And it's only going to getter bigger!