Venus at Inferior Conjunction
Taken by Eric Harris on June 1, 2020 @
Milford, Ohio, USA
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Venus at Inferior Conjunction on June 1st, 2020.
The parts of the sky closest to the Sun are very unique if you're brave (and safe!) enough to look at them. Debris such as Cottonwood Seeds in the air become very bright and can appear like snow falling through the eyepiece. Planets exhibit very unique views when they get to this region; they must either be very nearly full or very nearly in new phase, since they are lined up with both the Sun and Earth.
Consider the example of Venus, which has a close approach to the Sun for inferior conjunction this year. Around three degrees from the Sun, the "horns" of the Venus crescent wrap all the way around the planet, thanks to its thick and dense atmosphere. A truly fantastic view for only the bravest (and possibly the least cautious) observers, this unique phase of Venus helps give us some serious perspective on how the universe is built and oriented.
I obtained this photo by waiting for the Sun to pass behind a house so that no sunlight would enter the telescope. I then moved over to Venus using my telescope's setting circles, where I then had a few minutes to
image it.
1 June 2020 @ 14:41 EDT from Milford, OH
Vintage Celestron 5
Neximage 5 with IR-Cut filter removed
Baader IR-Pass 685nm Filter
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