Venus is a hard target for me since I live in an area with lots of trees. Also, Venus is so bright that it requires some heavy filtering to get any image at all. The following were taken using my Meade 7" Mak at f/32.5 using stacked Blue and Red filters to tone down the intensity. Even then, very short exposures are needed to get an image that isn't saturated.
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Venus January 28, 2001 02:30 UT 0.03 sec exposure at f/32.5 with Red & Blue filters stacked Meade 7" Mak w/PixCel 255 CCD Camera |
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Venus February 23, 2001 02:15:58 UT 0.02 sec exposure at f/32.5 with Red & Blue filters stacked Meade 7" Mak w/PixCel 255 CCD Camera |
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Venus February 27, 2001 01:57:33 UT 0.01 sec exposure at f/32.5 with Red & Blue filters stacked Meade 7" Mak w/PixCel 255 CCD Camera |