many noticed the conjunction of the moon and bright venus after sunset last weekend. turned my planetary rig to venus, but failed to detect any clouds.
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moon-venus
telescope-camera
saturn below, just above the tree line
2/2/2025 8:40 PM local
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Conjunction close up: |
moon venus conjunction
composite image to include earthshine
6:23-6:25 PM local |
Venus Close up. sadly failed to detect any surface cloud structure: |
Venus UV filter
2025-02-02 01:57 UTC
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Moon at same scale for no good reason: |
Moon
2/2/25 6:23 PM |
Imaging details:
2/2/2025
Eastbluff, CA
venus close up
ZWO ASI664MC
celestron 11" Edge HD, no barlow
East Bluff, CA
2025-02-02 01:57 UTC
180 second captures
Shutter=0.820ms
Gain=351 (58%)
Histogramm=88%
FPS (avg.)=866 !
captured with firecapture
stacked in autostakkert
processed in registax and photoshop
used neither ADC nor barlow for fear of blocking UV
venus moon conjunction
nikon D850
F-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR
1 minute video captures
stacked in autostakkert
processed in registax and photoshop
images used for composite:
