Venus on a cloudy evening

Posted by Wesley on
Crescent Venus
About a week ago, I made attempts to photograph both International Space Station and China's Tiangong-1 space station, as they were to make a pass in the sky within about 30 minutes of each other. While I was able to witness both, I've failed to photograph them - ISS was going to fast for me to track it with my camera, and Tiangong-1 was too dim.

In the preparation for this failed attempt, I took some shots of Venus through the clouds and adjusted the camera and tripod settings. I wasn't aiming for quality, but at least it shows the crescent shape of the Venus somewhat definitely. So it wasn't a complete loss for that day. In the next several months, Venus will look bigger, and the crescent will become slimmer. I'll be making some follow-up observations.

Camera: Canon SX50 HS
Settings: 1200mm (2x TC) - ISO 200 - 1/15s or 1/100s - f/6.5
Time: 2013-10-30 18:00 KST
Location: Seoul, Korea
8 photos stacked with RegiStax 6.1.0.8

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