Venus

Venus is the second-closest planet to the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love. It is the brightest natural object in the night sky, except for the Moon, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6. Because Venus is an inferior planet from Earth, it never appears to venture far from the Sun: its elongation reaches a maximum of 47.8°. Venus reaches its maximum brightness shortly before sunrise or shortly after sunset, for which reason it is often called the Morning Star or the Evening Star.

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Venus

Thursday, March 22nd 2012 - 16:35 (UTC) - focal ratio f/32

Here is a small animation in UV light (with a W47 filter) showing clouds moving rapidly on Venus. The animation spans only 35 minutes.

The still image shows Venus in UV-RGB.

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Basler Ace acA640-100gm
Meade Starfinder 10

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