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Thursday, November 11, 2021

Venus in infrared and ultraviolet 9/13/21

Here are several images of venus captured with infrared and ultraviolet filters. UV  light shows cloud structure which cannot be seen in the visible spectrum while IR in this case gives a sharper image, but no cloud detail:

Venus IR 9/13/21

Venus UV 9/13/21

Venus UV (colorized) 9/13/21

Venus IR as red, UV as violet 9/13/21

the seeing was fair to poor.  my intent this day was to image mercury, but i could not locate it during daylight with my overloaded mount.  here are the raw stacks with two different IR pass filters one at 685 nm, the other 850 nm.  the 850 being further into the infrared is generally preferred for mercury or poor seeing conditions, the latter being the case here:

Venus IR (raw stack) 9/13/21


Image details:
camera ZWO ASI 290MM 
filters: Baader IR pass "685", ZWO IR pass 850, Baader U-filter bw 320-380nm
celestron 11" Edge HD, no barlow
East Bluff, CA
9/13/21 00:13-02:17 UTC

685 filter:
FPS (avg.)=212
Shutter=0.101ms
Gain=234 (39%)
850 filter:
FPS (avg.)=20
Shutter=1.351ms
Gain=234 (39%)
UV filter:
FPS (avg.)=201
Shutter=4.952ms
Gain=351 (58%)



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