Contains:  Solar system body or event
Second attempt at night side of Venus, Ethan Chappel

Second attempt at night side of Venus

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Second consecutive night of stable imaging conditions for Venus. We are now a few days beyond greatest elongation from the Sun.

After a successful attempt with relatively little data on the 26th, I assumed using more data would guarantee a better image of the night side, but I think that turned out wrong. My two ideas for why are either a slightly shorter exposure (300ms on the 26th, 280ms here) or the conditions were less favorable for catching 1000nm light.

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