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Venus Image 2004/03/08(UT)

Thomas E. Williamso,Christophe Pellier

T.Williamson,Christophe

Thomas E. Williamson(203 mm Newtonian: ToUcam Pro) 
Attached is my latest attempt at imaging Venus. Seeing conditions were good.
The blue light image shows some very subtle features including a diffuse
darker equatorial area and an additional darker band in the south temporate
area.
[ Thomas E. Williamson Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA ]

Christophe Pellier (C14 ; ATK-1HS)

In the UV images of march 8th, note the famous "psi" feature near the venusian limb. I have tested the IR 1000 filter on Venus for first time (exposure 1/33th (UV 1/50th)), but the result look disappointing. The three IR images do seem to show the same details (of incredibly weak contrast), like for example a dark patch to the left of the center with a white spot over it, but the IR 1000 apparently brought no improvement in terms of contrast. [Christophe Pellier Bruz City , France]
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