- 2021-02-05
Venus February 4, 2021
Venus 2021-02-04 (UT) The almost circular Venus will be the outer conjunction (on the other side of the Sun) on March 24th. This is the first time I have observe Venus in this phase. Although it is a small circulr, seeing is relatively good, and I can see the beautiful it. The apparent diameter of Venus was as small as 10 arcseconds, and it was only a featuren that was not clear even with UV and IR. Since sunlight enters the 45 cm telescopel and lowers the contrast, I attached an eccentric diaphragm with a diameter of 17 cm to take an image.