Thursday, 25 October 2007

Venus 19th of October 2007

05:20 GMT

Captured this image a few mornings ago.
Venus in the morning seems magical to me, possibly because I'm not fully awake at 6.15 am!!.

Recently the planet has been dazzling in the eyepiece.

Wonderful blues/violets showing up in the eyepiece at high power, thanks to the achromatic lens......though you won't find me complaining about it...:-)

Skywatcher 150mm f8 refractor, Nikon D50, Camera adapter+ 12.5mm ortho.

 

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