VENUS (57.0") 8-12-07

Started by seventhunders, 08/13/2007 01:37AM

Posted 08/13/2007 01:37AM Opening Post

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Hi, I managed to get a descent shot of our sister planet as she's about to race by us on the 17th. This five minute avi was taken at 2:32 pm CDT today. My posting is the best 40 frames out of 1500. I added a vertical extension to the top of my observatory (in order to block the Sun) so I can still observe and image using my 10" scopes full aperture. SPC900NC, Virtual Dub for capture, Rv4 for processing. Venus was 80 minutes past the meridian at an elevation of 49 degrees. Seeing was 4.5/10. Have a great day, Dan grin

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Posted 08/13/2007 01:40PM #1

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Dan,

Outstanding!! I'll bet you can get it closer to the Sun yet. It's a great planetary capture.

Paul

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Posted 08/13/2007 04:19PM #2

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Dan, Excellent capture! It is so rare to even see Venus images at this phase. TheSky estimates <2% phase. Its enormous size is awesome. Thanks for posting it

Regards,
Steve

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Posted 08/15/2007 05:20AM #3

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Great shot Dan! Just remember what happened to Icarus!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus

Regards, Jason H.

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