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Venus is now looking very bright in the western sky but it also positioned lower so its making it quite difficult to take these high magnitude images through atmospheric disturbances.
I took the image with a Meade 10 inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope
ZWO 120 MC-S camera with 3x Barlow lens attached.
I've added a bit of magic with Photoshop to the second image to show a Sun flare :-)
As Venus starts to get larger in size it also shows a smaller phase this is because we are seeing the planet come toward us in its orbit around the Sun. When it’s at a crescent phase it will be at its brightest because its getting closer the Sun it will also look its largest to us here on Earth through our telescopes because it will be close to us in its orbit.
To learn more about the amazing planet Venus please go to the NASA link below:
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/venus/overview/
NASA Science for kids Space Place - All About Venus
https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/all-about-venus/en/
Galileo's Observations of the Moon, Jupiter, Venus and the Sun
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/307/galileos-observations-of-the-moon-jupiter-venus-and-the-sun/
I took the image with a Meade 10 inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope
ZWO 120 MC-S camera with 3x Barlow lens attached.
I've added a bit of magic with Photoshop to the second image to show a Sun flare :-)
As Venus starts to get larger in size it also shows a smaller phase this is because we are seeing the planet come toward us in its orbit around the Sun. When it’s at a crescent phase it will be at its brightest because its getting closer the Sun it will also look its largest to us here on Earth through our telescopes because it will be close to us in its orbit.
To learn more about the amazing planet Venus please go to the NASA link below:
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/venus/overview/
NASA Science for kids Space Place - All About Venus
https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/all-about-venus/en/
Galileo's Observations of the Moon, Jupiter, Venus and the Sun
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/307/galileos-observations-of-the-moon-jupiter-venus-and-the-sun/
Galileo's Phases of Venus and Other Planets
Source: Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale
Galileo Galilei's observations that Venus appeared in phases -- similar to those of Earth's Moon -- in our sky was evidence that Venus orbited the sun and contributed to the downfall of the centuries-old belief that the sun and planets revolved around Earth. Also sketched here are Jupiter, Saturn and Mars.
Source: Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale
Galileo Galilei's observations that Venus appeared in phases -- similar to those of Earth's Moon -- in our sky was evidence that Venus orbited the sun and contributed to the downfall of the centuries-old belief that the sun and planets revolved around Earth. Also sketched here are Jupiter, Saturn and Mars.
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