Crescent Venus

Posted by DaveMitsky
on Friday, March 20, 2009

by Dave Mitsky

I took this eyepiece projection picture of Venus from the French Dome of the Astronomical Society of Harrisburg's Naylor Observatory using the ASH 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain and my Pentax K1000 SLR camera.  Atmospheric prismatic dispersion is evident in the photograph. 

Tags: Venus
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