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Venus near inferior conjunction - IR 804 and > 1000 nm - 2015-08-10 and 11, Almir Germano

Venus near inferior conjunction - IR 804 and > 1000 nm - 2015-08-10 and 11

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Extreme Venus imaging... Well, sort of...

SCT 11", with reduction mask (for protection from the Sun), ASI224MC, 1000 nm and 807 nm filters.

Difficult, as expected.

08/10, 1,7% illuminated, 10 deg from the Sun, large disk with 57 arcsec diameter, slender cusps.

Tried as I might, but no thermal signal, at least with the ultra luminous background.

08/11, 1,4% illuminated, 9 deg from the Sun, still no extension of the cusps encircling the planet.

I doubt if I can get it, inferior conjunction will be at 6 deg separation from the Sun, with 0,9% illuminated phase, don´t know if I´ll be able to pin it, without burning something...

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Venus near inferior conjunction - IR 804 and > 1000 nm - 2015-08-10 and 11, Almir Germano