Venus
Created: 11/2/2023
Venus 2004-05-29 C14.jpg

Venus 29-May-2004
Disc illuminaton: 3.31% Angular size: 55"
Celestron C14
Nikon D100 DSLR, ISO 200, 1/350sec.

Venus 2007-05-09 LX200R 2-0x 0000 ip.jpg

Venus, 5/29/2007
Disc illuminaton: 55.35% Angular size: 21"
Meade 12" LX200R
Philips ToUCam Pro, 640x480, 10fps, 60sec.
ImagesPlus

Venus 2007-08-18 NA140SS S000 RS IP.jpg

Venus 18-Aug-2007
Disc illuminaton: 0.96% Angular size: 58"
Vixen NA140SS
Lumenera SKYnyx2-0, 831frames, 28fps, 30secs.
Registax, ImagesPlus

Venus 2007-09-03 LX200R S000 RS IP.jpg

Venus 3-Sep-2007
Disc illuminaton: 9.38% Angular size: 51"
Meade 12" LX200R
Lumenera SKYnyx2-0, 1020frames, 11fps, 90secs.
Registax, ImagesPlus processed

Venus 2012.06.02 AP130 f16 01-01.jpg

Venus 4 days from transit
Illumination 0.4%, size 57.8", 5.4 deg. from Sun
Telescope: Astro-Physics 130 EDF STARFIRE Gran Turimso
Lens: Orion Shorty Plus 2x barlow
Mount: AP 900 GTO
Camera: Lumenera SKYnyx2-0
Exposure: 1882 frames at 31 fps for 60 sec.
Processing: ImagesPlus 4.50B
Location: MHO
Date: 02-Jun-2012 2:51PM EDT

Venus 2012.06.09 AP130 f16 01-01.jpg

Venus 4 days after transit
5 deg. 13' from sun, 0.5% Illumination, 57.4" size
Telescope: Astro-Physics 130 STARFIRE EDF GT
Lens: Orion Shorty Plus 2x barlow
Mount: AP 900 GTO
Camera: Lumenera SKYnyx2-0
Exposure: 5899 frames at 25 fps for 4 mins.
Processing: ImagesPlus 4.50B
Location: MHO
Date: 09-Jun-2012

Venus 2014-01-12 SV80S f15 01-01.jpg

Venus 1 day past inferior conjunction
Mag: -4.1, Size: 62.5", %Illum: 1, Sun Elong: 5.9 deg.
Telescope: Stellarvue SV80S
Lens: Orion Shorty Plus 2x barlow
Mount: AP 900 GTO
Camera: Lumenera SKYnyx2-0
Exposure: 6422 frames at 57 fps for 2 mins. (4 frames used)
Processing: ImagesPlus 5.75
Location: MHO
Date: 12-Jan-2014

Venus 2018-09-06 LX200R MR-GRADEAVG-Best50Per-1AP Sat0.jpg

Venus, 30 arcsecs., 39% Illum.
#23A Medium Red filter
Telescope: Meade 12" LX200R
Mount: AP 900 GTO
Camera: ZWO ASI178MC-COOL Color
Exposure: 1m 20s, 5013 frames at 126fps, Best 50%, d=0.473
Processing: ImagesPlus 6.5, Saturation set to 0%
Location: MHO
Date: 06-Sep-2018

Venus 2020-04-03 ED130SS 2x 01.jpg

Venus
Mag. -4.4
Illum. 45%
Size 26.3"
Telescope: Vixen ED130SS
Lens: Celestron T-thread 2x barlow
Mount: AP 900 GTO
Camera: ZWO ASI178MC-COOL Color
Exposure: 39 secs, 10000 frames at 252fps, Best 20%, d=0.105
Processing: ImagesPlus 6.5
Location: MHO
Date: 03-Apr-2020

Venus 2020-04-07 ED130SS 2x UB-GRADEAVG-Best80Per-1AP 1.jpg

Venus
Orion UltraBlock Filter
Telescope: Vixen ED130SS
Mount: AP 900 GTO
Camera: ZWO ASI178MC-COOL Color
Processing: ImagesPlus 6.5
Location: MHO
Date: 07-Apr-2020

Venus 2020-05-10 LX850-GRADEAVG-Best10Per-1AP.jpg

Venus
Telescope: Meade 12" f/8 LX850
Mount: AP 900 GTO
Camera: ZWO ASI120MM Monochrome
Exposure: 2 mins frames at 55 fps, Best 10%, d=0.279
Processing: ImagesPlus 6.5
Location: MHO
Date: 10-May-2020

Venus 2020-05-15 LX850-GRADEAVG-Best2Per-1AP.jpg

Venus
Telescope: Meade 12" f/8 LX850
Guide Scope: Mini Borg 50 with QHY5L-IIC
Lens: William Optics FLAT4 0.8x reducer/flatterer [5]
Mount: AP 900 GTO
Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Pro
Exposure: 2 mins 17960 frames at 150 fps, Best 2%
Processing: ImagesPlus 6.5
Location: MHO
Date: 15-May-2020

Venus 2020-06-13 ED130SS-GRADEAVG-Best15Per-1AP.jpg

Venus
Telescope: Vixen ED130SS
Mount: AP 900 GTO
Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Pro
Exposure: 20000 frames at 200 fps, Best 15%, d=0.148
Processing: ImagesPlus 6.5
Location: MHO
Date: 13-Jun-2020

Venus 2021-12-23 VMC260L-GRADEAVG-Best1Per-1AP_1.jpg

Venus
Telescope: Vixen VMC260L
Mount: AP 900 GTO
Camera: ZWO ASI183MC
Processing: ImagesPlus 6.5
Location: MHO
Date: 23-Dec-2021

Venus 2023-06-14 VMC260L ASI183MC-GRADEAVG-Best50Per-1AP.jpg

Venus, 26.7 Arcsec., -4.4 Mag.
Telescope: Vixen VMC260L
Mount: AP 900 GTO
Camera: ZWO ASI183MC
Exposure: 5000 frames at 169fps, Best 50%, d=0.136
Processing: ImagesPlus 6.5
Location: MHO
Date: 14-Jun-2023

Venus 2023-08-13 ED130SS ASI183MC.jpg

Venus at inferior conjunction
Mag. -3.9, Size 57.8", Illum 1%, Sun Elong. 7.7deg.
Telescope: Vixen ED130SS
Mount: AP 900 GTO
Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Pro
Exposure: 6000 frames out of 30,000 at 126 fps, Best 20%, d=0.090
Processing: ImagesPlus 6.5
Location: MHO
Date: 13-Aug-2023 10:07 EDT

Venus 2023-10-30 VMC260L ASI120MM R-GRADEAVG-Best10Per-2AP.jpg

Venus
Mag. -4.3, Size 22.3", Illum 54%
Telescope: Vixen VMC260L
Mount: AP 900 GTO
Camera: ZWO ASI120MM Monochrome
Filter: LRGB Red (Orion)
Exposure: 300 frames, Best 10%, d=0.256
Processing: ImagesPlus 6.5
Location: MHO
Date: 30-Oct-2023