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Venus Image 2022/03/26(UT)
Carsten Bauer,Paul G. Abel,Detlev Niechoy
C.Bauer,P.Abel,D.Niechoy
Taken under bad seeing conditions.
Some faint shading in IR might be visible.
Phase seems to approch 50 appearance.
[Carsten Bauer : Frankfurt,Germany]
Venus is now above the roof tops and I can begin observing it again! My last observation was 16th July 2021,some 8 months ago!
The seeing was very mediocre but the planet did appear to be 50% illuminated in both a W15 and W21 filter. Other pints include:
Illuminated Disk: Some interesting darker markings visible on the disk,more subtle details were visible in the W21 (orange) filter.
Bright Limb Band: Visible and complete
Terminator: Geometrically regular. Terminator shading quite dark in paces.
Cusp Caps: Both present about equal size and brightness.
Cusp Collars: Both present,about equal.
[Paul G. Abel:Leicester:United Kingdom]
[Detlev Niechoy : Goettingen,Germany]