Venus atInferior Conjunction
 with the
AR152 Refractor stopped to 80mm
August 15, 2015 - 9am
Uploaded 8/15/15

 

            

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Only seven degrees
            from the Sun, today the Planet Venus was at inferior conjunction.
            Less than 1% phase, it was dialed up accurately with my old fashioned
            manual setting circles on my AP1200.

            
Left: 3x Klee barlow,
            with AR152 stopped to 80mm and a DMK51 camera.


Processing:
            50/1200 best frames, alignment in Autostakkert, Wavelets in Registax,
            Levels and Contrast Masking In Photoshop CS2,
Instrument:  6" f/6.5 with 3x Barlow
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200
CCD Camera:  Image Source DMK 51AU03.AS
Filter:  Baader Continum and IR/UV blocker
Exposure:  1/30 sec  15fps
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing 4/5, Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature:  75F