Re: ATM U.V. Imaging of Venus, etc.

["James W. Burrows" <burrjaw@halcyon.com>]

On Wed, 28 Aug 1996 K1JJ@aol.com wrote:

> I was fasinated by Bob Goff's reference to his friend seeing through Venus'
> cloud cover as a result of his "modified" eyes.
> 
> I'm curious if there is a detector/system out there that can be used to "see"
> in UV ...and affordable for an amateur?

My physics knowledge is truncated at a Junior-level course in classical
mechanics, but isn't UV scattered even more than blue light (which is
scattered plenty - red sunsets and blue skies)?  I doubt that the friend
is seeing any Venus surface, just enjoying the additional contrast between
higher and lower cloud tops.

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