Venus Composite with iPhone

[PeterStudz]

I’ve put together some of my Venus images into one simple picture. Been meaning to this for a while and could probably do it differently, but I haven’t had much time. I think it’s a good little record of my time observing Venus during the period which was a surprising amount of fun!

All taken via iPhone video using a SkyWatcher 200p Dob from my garden in Southampton in my usual way. Then stacked on the phone using the iPhone app VideoStack, which works very well for this planet. All but one taken during daylight. All processing & editing done on iPhone 14 Pro and an iPad. 

The last, on the 15th August, was tricky. Due to the weather I was unable to able to observe near or at inferior conjunction. So this is slightly after and rather close to the sun. Some more information about this here…

https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/412694-venus-barely-there-with-iphone-150823/

And as it’s after inferior conjunction it should really be inverted relative to the other phases. But that didn’t look quite right!

 

Phases of Venus Feb to Aug 2023

Edited October 27, 2023 by PeterStudz

[IB20]

Lovely, lovely, lovely. Well done.

[Stu]

Excellent work @PeterStudz 👍👍

[Mandy D]

Superb results and the 200P performing brilliantly once again!

[Kon]

Excellent composition and nice images especially from mobile.

[callisto]

Love those images