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Try increasing gamma if dark sections aren't distinguished

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

last weekend's moon-venus conjuction

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.  

moon venus
telescope camera
2/2/2025 8:40 PM local

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


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:







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