Venus just after inferior conjunction

Date & Time:	Apr 1 2001, 12:08 JST(+0900), composit of 4shots with 1/500sec. exposure
Optical:	TAKAHASHI 12.5cm(4.9") fluorite refractor, afocal method with LV12mm eyepiece
	Synthesized focal length f=3183mm (equivalent f=17056mm in 35mm film format)
	Auto-guided with GOTO MX-II Equatorial
Digital Camera:	OLYMPUS C-2020Z
Location:	Ooizumi vil., Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings:	Mode.....SHQ (1600 x 1200, high-quality JPEG format)
	Lens.....f=38.2mm (with digital 2X zoom, equivalent f=210mm in 35mm film format), Stop: F2.8
	CCD sensitivity.....ISO100, White Balance.....Auto

In 2001, the Venus had inferior conjunction on March 28, passed between the Sun and Earth. This picture has captured in midday of 4 days later, you can see the Venus like an extraordinary thin string.
The Venus has an apparent brightness of -4th magnitude in this day, and about 42 millions kilometers (67.2 millions miles) apart from the Earth, has a diameter of about 1 arc minute. This size exceeds that of the Jupiter in its opposition. After this the Venus moves to the western side of the Sun, we will be able to appreciate the neighbor planet as a bright dawn star in eastern skies.

Change of Venus in 2007

Venus in midday

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