Venus Day
Image details:
Yes Venus can be seen during the day if you know were to look, and it's the hardest thing to find in astronomy.
<div ><div><img src="http://ws.astroviewer.net/skymap?&size=500&colorset=0&lang=en&lon=-94.55&lat=39.12&city=Dekalb+observatory%2C+MO&timezone=CST&deco=16399&id=4d6174" width="500" height="500" alt="current night sky over Dekalb observatory, MO" title="current night sky over Dekalb observatory, MO" /></div><div>Sky map by <a href="http://www.astroviewer.com/">AstroViewer</a><sup>®</sup></div><div><a href="http://www.astroviewer.com/night-sky-code.php"> while i was walking down the side of my house intill Venus was at the corner of the roof. I marked were i was standing and went and setup my telescope, and took this image. Construction workers were installing city sewer pips and one asked me (WHATS UP!). I told him that I was viewing our sister planet Venus. The construction worker turned the back hoe machine off wanted to take a look, he was amazed.
Technical details:
Optics: Celestron nexstar 8i tupe assembly
Mount: Orion Skyview Pro
Camera: Sony Alpha DSLR at prime focus
Location December 29-2008 Cosby Mo.
Processing: Photoshop CS5
Yes Venus can be seen during the day if you know were to look, and it's the hardest thing to find in astronomy.
<div ><div><img src="http://ws.astroviewer.net/skymap?&size=500&colorset=0&lang=en&lon=-94.55&lat=39.12&city=Dekalb+observatory%2C+MO&timezone=CST&deco=16399&id=4d6174" width="500" height="500" alt="current night sky over Dekalb observatory, MO" title="current night sky over Dekalb observatory, MO" /></div><div>Sky map by <a href="http://www.astroviewer.com/">AstroViewer</a><sup>®</sup></div><div><a href="http://www.astroviewer.com/night-sky-code.php"> while i was walking down the side of my house intill Venus was at the corner of the roof. I marked were i was standing and went and setup my telescope, and took this image. Construction workers were installing city sewer pips and one asked me (WHATS UP!). I told him that I was viewing our sister planet Venus. The construction worker turned the back hoe machine off wanted to take a look, he was amazed.
Technical details:
Optics: Celestron nexstar 8i tupe assembly
Mount: Orion Skyview Pro
Camera: Sony Alpha DSLR at prime focus
Location December 29-2008 Cosby Mo.
Processing: Photoshop CS5
