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Venus Image 2010/04/10(UT)

Carl Roussell,Vladimir Knyaz
C.Roussell,V.Knyaz

Carl Roussell(150mm F8 refractor)
2010/04/10  22:50 UT
15cm f/8 RR,200x-400x
IL,W25,W58,W47
See: 7/10  Trans: slight haze
Dia: 10.8"  Phase: 0.93
CM1: 219  CM2: 218

[ Carl Roussell : Hamilton Canada]

Vladimir Knyaz(152mm Schmidt-Newtonian)
2010/04/10 17:35:00 (UT)
152mm Schmidt-Newtonian Meade LXD75 SN-6
Point Grey Research Grasshopper GRAS-14S3M
Seeing 7/10 Trans 6/10
Processing: average of 1821 frames with 3x resampling, deconvolution
image repair.
Comments: there was a strange dim spot visible near Venus in UV light.
Possibly it was formed by an atmosphere refraction phenomenon, similar
to green ray phenomenon.

[Vladimir Knyaz: Moscow,Russia]

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