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Venus in spring 2017, Petr Hykš

Venus in spring 2017

Venus in spring 2017, Petr Hykš

Venus in spring 2017

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4 photos of Venus (taken during February and March 2017 after the maximum eastern elongation in January 2017) combined. I was going to use my images and decided to create this illustration. You can see the phase and angular size changes together with planet motion above south-western horizon (just my estimation).

Phase changes: 36,3% -> 9,8%

Angular size changes: 33" -> 52.5"

^ which is, actually, more than Jupiter! (43" !)

Afocal shots,

Celestron Powerseeker 50AZ refractor,

Magnification 48x & Camera optical zoom 6x

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Venus in spring 2017, Petr Hykš