04/27/99
Image of the sun projected on to a white piece
of cardboard thru a small unfiltered refractor.
04/25/99
At 6:03PM EST, with the sun still high in the sky, I was able
to locate Venus with the unaided eye. I got the scope out and
at 136X Venus looked very strange against the blue sky
as opposed to a black or night sky. I was not able to
view it very long but gaps between the clouds seemed visible learn.
Venus' shape was slightly gibbous, a bit past half disk.
I hope to image this planet during the day to see what
detail can be obtained. The weather today (4/25) was rather
unusually clear and transparent.
Image of the sun projected on to a white piece
of cardboard thru a small unfiltered refractor.
Notice the change from yesterday. Orientation of
image unknown. Out of round image is caused by
video camera being offset from center.
04/24/99
Image of the sun projected on to a white piece
of cardboard thru a small unfiltered refractor.
Orientation of image unknown. Out of round image is
caused by video camera being offset from center.
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