Heres a shot i took of venus with a meade 7 inch maksutov and shuler UV filter, F30 I did a 200% resize on virtual dub, then a x2 stack on k3 ccd tools the image was then downsized to 60%, post processing using psp 9 and image analyzer . Regards Neil

Hi Neil - Wow! What great detail! And so neat to see it with a phase. Sure leaves my humble offering in the dust with my existing setup using a Meade Lunar Planetary Imager! Thanks for posting it! I need more aperture!!!

Clear skies!

Paul

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Many thanks Paul, ive really only just started filming venus, im hoping for better in the coming weeks, but at my location with venus so low, its not easy getting sharp details. I got my 10 inch newtonian when i saw some stuff done by one britians best planetary photographers, and felt just like you.

I saw some venus images the other day that looked just like the early space probe shots, theres always someone whos doing better, i think its the nature of the game. whats important is enjoying and learning as we go. Ive got some less sized shots, that are a little tighter, i thought it would be interesting to show my experiments in up sizeing. Think the experiments are showing its far better to do it this way than to just click 150% on photoshop for example, cheers again
Neil

Well Meademan you have some keepers there, Awesome shots and the best i have seen using the Shuler uv filter comparing to the Baarder filter i have seen. lots of details Weldone and Clear Skies

Great job!

Hi Neil

Very nice photos of Venus. Great work thanks later Paul

Many thanks guys for your positive comments