Hello all
This shot of Venus taken at 5:22 pm local time (UT 2004-04-16 05:22) with the sun still above the horizon. Venus at just 20 degrees so a lot of atmospheric distortion. Seeing also very poor. 120/267 frames processed in registax 2 (including colour chanel correction) Slight curves and saturation adjustment in Gimp. I was surprised how well it came out.
Afocal Sony handycam with 2x barlow and extension tube for 3.25 x and 32 mm plossl eyepiece. . 6" F8 Dodsonian. 1/100 sec exposure . Camera optical zoom at 10 x. Image reduced by 50 %
Mike Ashburn
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