Venus 1 day before Conjunction
 with the 
Orion 10" f/3.9 Newtonian Astrograph
March 24, 2017
Uploaded 3/24/17

 
Despite
            seeing that was so bad from a departing weather front last night,
            we were able to get a good practice session for tommorows potential
            conjunction shot with the same setup. The phase today is at 1%
            and Venus is less than 10 degrees from the Sun. The key to making
            such images and keeping the glare of the nearby Sun out of the
            tube of the Newtonian is to make a long extension "dew cap"
            on the front of the tube to shadow its interior.


            
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Processing:
            25/2000 best frames, alignment in Autostakkert, Wavelets in Registax,
            Levels and Contrast Masking In Photoshop CS2,
Instrument:  Orion (GSO) 10" f/3.9 with 5x Barlow
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200
CCD Camera:  Image Source DMK 51AU03.AS
Filter:  Orion IR Pass
Exposure:  1/37 sec  12fps
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing 2/5, Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature:  65F