Venus in midday

Date & Time:	May 1 1999, 16:00 JST(+0900), 1/4 sec exp.
Optical:	TAKAHASHI 12.5cm(4.9") fluorite refractor with Or6mm eyepiece (f=12300mm, F98.0)
	Auto-guided with GOTO MX-II Equatorial
Camera:	VIXEN VX-1
Film:	Fujichrome VELVIA
Location:	Ooizumi vil., Yamanashi pref.

This glittering Venus image was captured in an afternoon when the sun was sinking toward the western horizon. Although the Venus has a visual magnitude of about -4, it's fairly difficult to find out the beautiful planet in the daytime. But you will be able to detect it with binoculars after checking the exact position relative to the sun (You must take an attention not to see the sun directly).

Venus just after inferior conjunction

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