[APML] The Atmosphere of Venus

[Jerry Lodriguss <jerryapml@astropix.com>]

I think I've managed to photograph the atmosphere of Venus as the planet 
began to egress from in front of the Sun just after 3rd contact.

It is visible off the solar limb as a thin sliver of arc of sunlight 
refracting through the atmosphere of Venus.

It's at: http://www.astropix.com/HTML/SHOWCASE/VTRANSIT.HTM

Scroll down a bit from the top of the page...

Taken with a 130mm Astro-Physics Starfire refractor at about f/32 with 
eyepiece projection, 1/30th second exposure at ISO 800 with a Nikon D2H 
digital camera shooting Raw NEF and fine JPEG.

I've got comparisons between the original unmanipulated image and some 
enhanced versions, one done with a gradient map in Photoshop.

Jerry
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