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Venus moving towards superior conjunction.
About this observation
Observer
Chris Dole
Time of observation
25/05/2019 - 09:30
Object
Venus.
Observing location
Newbury. G.B.
Equipment
180mm Mak Cass @f20.
ASI290mm camera.
ZWO 850nm IR pass filter.
EQ6 mount.
ASI290mm camera.
ZWO 850nm IR pass filter.
EQ6 mount.
Tags
The planet is now fairly close to the Sun at about 20° elongation and is a little over 10 arc seconds in diameter, which combine to make this quite challenging.
I was lucky on this occasion though as the Sun was behind some slow moving cloud which prevented the telescope tube from becoming heated. That of course can have a very detrimental effect on the seeing which is generally poor when observing near the Sun anyway.
Superior conjunction occurs on August 14th.
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