Observing Venus

Zooming on Venus

Observed from earth, Venus is the brightest planet of the solar system. Venus is so bright you can see it in broad daylight against the blue sky.
This picture was captured on 04/10/2004 in early afternoon at the focus of a 8"MEADE LX200 telescope equipped with a 3x Barlow lens (F/D=30). Camera used is a Philips Vesta Pro.This picture is a combination of 32 pictures processed through a wavelet filter with IRIS software.

Venus belonging to inner planets of the solar system, has changing phases like moon. The thinner the crescent is, the closer Venus get to us. These 3 pictures of Venus were captured with a Philips Vesta Pro camera placed at the focus of a 8" MEADE LX200 telescope equipped with a lengthened 3x Barlow lens (F/D=36). Each picture is a combination of about 20 raw pictures processed through a wavelet filter with IRIS software.


06/25/2004	07/10/2004	07/22/2004
50 millons Km	63 millions Km	75 millions Km

Venus in 3D

This 3D view is an anaglyph composed of two Venus phases.
Try with your 3D glasses and enjoy ....

Venus is surrounded by a thick atmospheric layer. A UV filter is necessary to observe atmospheric details.
This picture was captured on 04/15/2004 at the focus of a 8" MEADE LX200 telescope equipped with a lengthened 3x Barlow lens (F/D=36). Camera used is a modified Philips Vesta Pro with black and white CCD sensor and UV filter. This picture is a combination of 1200 pictures processed through a wavelet filter with IRIS software.

Changes in Venus atmosphere (640x480 .GIF format 87K)

This movie showing changes in Venus atmosphere, is composed of two pictures captured on 13th and 15th april 2004. Both pictures were captured in same conditions as the above picture.

When near to the horizon, Venus aspect is always altered by the chromatic dispersion generated by the atmosphere. Here is what Venus looked like, as it was observed on 05/20/2004 about 10 degrees above the horizon. Raw picture captured with a Vesta Pro camera mounted on MEADE LX200 8" telescope equipped with a lengthened 3x Barlow lens (F/D=36).

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