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

Monday, August 03rd 2009 - 02:15 (UTC) - focal ratio f/25

Venus in infrared and ultraviolet light. False color combination all have the same color scheme (red is the slightly processed Ir-channel, blue is the ultraviolet W47 + BG39 combination, and green is a mixture of blue and red. This is the data in the bottom center image).

The luminance channel bottom left is W47, bottom right is Ir (harsh processing).

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DMK21AU04.AS
Meade Starfinder 10

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