At magnitude -4.6, Venus is the brightest object in the sky after the Sun and the Moon. It is currently in its crescent phase, 22% illuminated. The crescent phase is easlly observed with a small telescope.
These images were obtained during twilight at 6 pm on 20 Feb while the planet was 32° above the horizon. The equipment used was a Celestron C6 SCT and an Olympus E-M5iii camera. Exposure was 1/1600 sec at ISO 400.
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| The best single image. |
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| A stack of the three best images. |
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| six-image animation. |
This six-image animation shows the effect of atmospheric turbulence. Dedicated planetary-photography practitioners will typically record a video consisting of hundreds (or more) frames, then select the sharpest fraction of that total to stack into a final image, with results that can be spectacular. I am not a dedicated practitioner.
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