Mariano Ribas captured a great image of a 3%-illuminated Venus on March 15th.
https://spaceweather...pload_id=221153
https://www.spacewea...th=03&year=2025
Posted 16 March 2025 - 08:51 PM
Mariano Ribas captured a great image of a 3%-illuminated Venus on March 15th.
https://spaceweather...pload_id=221153
https://www.spacewea...th=03&year=2025
Posted 16 March 2025 - 08:54 PM
Mariano Ribas captured a great image of a 3%-illuminated Venus on March 15th.
https://spaceweather...pload_id=221153
https://www.spacewea...th=03&year=2025
Posted 18 March 2025 - 09:24 AM
Here is the first capture (for me) of Venus as a morning target. It rose at 6:55am local time and I spotted it at 6:59; this image was taken at 7:00am, 11 minutes before sunrise. iPhone to my Questar 3.5 at 87.5x magnification.
Ron
Posted 18 March 2025 - 10:00 PM
Edited by PKDfan, 18 March 2025 - 10:02 PM.
Posted 18 March 2025 - 10:23 PM
Posted 18 March 2025 - 10:30 PM
Venus was about 5° above the horizon when the sun set, so it was in the trees, but still a fairly easy grab. This image was taken at 7:22 PM local time, approximately seven minutes after sunset. As an aside, I thought it was quite remarkable that even at low power (and in a crappy snapshot), the crescent was visible.
(I also tried looking for it mid-afternoon, but there was a lot of haze in the air and I just couldn’t find it.)
Ron
Posted 19 March 2025 - 06:38 AM
Here is the view from yesterday afternoon, the 18th, through my C14 @ 230x. These were taken with my Samsung A53 smartphone and holder about 5:10pm EDT when Venus was at an altitude of 34 degrees and 10 degrees separation from the Sun. Seeing was below average.
Through the eyepiece, the crescent was *much* thinner than my last look a week ago. The second pic uses the 2x digital zoom on my phone.
Edited by Special Ed, 19 March 2025 - 06:47 AM.
Posted 20 March 2025 - 09:35 PM
Posted 21 March 2025 - 06:57 AM
I was able to see Venus easily in 10x50 binoculars last night just 5 minutes after sunset at 8:02 pm EDT and again this morning just before sunrise at 7:45 am EDT. It's far enough north of the Sun that it is visible as a "Morning Star" and "Evening Star" even though it was not visible naked-eye (at least for me).
Posted 21 March 2025 - 10:18 PM
Posted 21 March 2025 - 10:37 PM
Posted 23 March 2025 - 09:47 AM
Edited by RMay, 23 March 2025 - 10:02 AM.
Posted 23 March 2025 - 12:48 PM
… and, if you’re wondering…
😉
Ron
Posted 23 March 2025 - 01:28 PM
Lol Those are light fluff Ron compared to my last two evenings.
Lance
Hi Lance, I’m completely sympathetic; it’s been terrible here, for sure. The sky this morning was only fair (I was just glad to see it, in all honesty), but it cleared up and I was able to use the Sun as a guide to find it again at 11:09 this morning.
Keep hunting; sending wishes for clear skies…
Ron
Posted 23 March 2025 - 01:46 PM
Hey Ron, Thank You you too !!Hi Lance, I’m completely sympathetic; it’s been terrible here, for sure. The sky this morning was only fair (I was just glad to see it, in all honesty), but it cleared up and I was able to use the Sun as a guide to find it again at 11:09 this morning.
Keep hunting; sending wishes for clear skies…
Ron
Edited by PKDfan, 23 March 2025 - 01:48 PM.
Posted 23 March 2025 - 03:33 PM
That last shot looks pretty good, Ron. I've been battling clouds too--and even worse, very poor seeing and gusty winds. I took this rather sorry shot with my phone through the C14 yesterday around 4:50 pm EDT. The seeing caused the crescent to look thicker than it actually appeared visually.
This was about 10 hours before inferior conjunction. Venus was 58.5" in apparent diameter, 1% illuminated, mag -4.0, altitude 34 degrees.
Posted 23 March 2025 - 04:21 PM
That last shot looks pretty good, Ron. I've been battling clouds too--and even worse, very poor seeing and gusty winds. I took this rather sorry shot with my phone through the C14 yesterday around 4:50 pm EDT.
resize_rotate_Venus_2025.03.22_2x.jpg
Posted 23 March 2025 - 08:26 PM
Thanks, Ron. That clean up feature sounds good, but I have an android os.
Posted 23 March 2025 - 09:07 PM
Thanks, Ron. That clean up feature sounds good, but I have an android os.
Posted 24 March 2025 - 08:41 PM
That is a nice one, Ron!
Posted 24 March 2025 - 09:06 PM
That is a nice one, Ron!
![]() Cloudy Nights LLC Cloudy Nights Sponsor: Astronomics |