Another Venus at -2 days

Hi again, I think this will be my final go at imaging Venus's thin cresent. A lot of glare made it tough to find and photograph. I probably need a better setup for this in the future but I'm happy with my results. 62 out of 156 frames.

Enjoy!!!!

Joe

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Man, my eye really wants to complete that circle! Those are both images to be proud of! This morning, I had a 16"-long "dew shield" on my ED 80, and the sun was still hitting the edge of the lens. Tomorrow will be worse. If we had crystal blue skies, it would be easier. With the haze/high clouds near the sun, and the danged cottonwood seeds it is hard! Yesterday afternoon, right after the sun went behind the trees on the west side of my yard, I tried to find Venus with some 10x50 binoculars. Not a chance. There were hundreds and hundreds of cottonwood seeds, from 20 feet up to hundreds. Maybe thousands. It was impossible to search for Venus among all that. I actually ended up laughing.