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Venus UV images captured a day apart, Niall MacNeill

Venus UV images captured a day apart

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Venus UV images captured a day apart, Niall MacNeill

Venus UV images captured a day apart

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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I finally had some decent seeing in the evening to capture Venus in UV. These two images show a comparison of the planet a day apart. There is quite a bit of intricate detail amongst the chevron shaped bands so characteristic of Venus.

Venus is now ~ 22 arc secs in apparent diameter and as you can see ~ 50% illuminated. From here the phase will continue to reduce as the apparent diameter increases.

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Venus UV images captured a day apart, Niall MacNeill