Venus

The second planet.

2021 Review: Post 1 of 3

Moon & Planets A reprise of my best Solar System images taken during the year. What! No Comet Leonard? Well … More

Antares With Venus

Conjunction!

Celestial Alignment

A twilight view of Mercury, Spica & Venus with the asteroid Vesta in attendance.

Moon and Venus

Conjunction

Conjunction: Moon, Venus and Mars

Conjunction!

Dazzling Venus

Why do we only see Venus in the West?

Venus & Distorted Moon

Setting in the West

Forgotten But Remembered – 2

Amateur astro-photography is not always about imaging the most beautiful wide nebulae.

Venus – Regular as Clockwork

Every nineteen months Venus moves into our evening sky, stays for about nine and a half months and then disappears below our evening horizon

Venus

Designation: Venus Visual magnitude: -3.8 (varies between -3.4 to -4.2 over its cycle) Apparent size: 18 arc seconds. current. … More

Venus Transit

No astrophotography for the last few weeks for me, (mostly thanks to 90% cloudy nights) but also probably none for … More

Venus Back in the Evening Twilight

Our neighbouring planet Venus recently returned to the evening sky and will dominate the Western sky after sunset until Ocober. … More

Southern Skies

Some of my recent astro-images with the Canon 60D camera – no telescope and no light pollution filter. The star … More

Two Planets

No, that really isn’t the Moon. It’s a planet – Venus. It’s summer here in Sydney and the late sunsets … More

Neptune Conjunction

I love planetary conjunctions and watching the Solar System in action as the planets follow their orbits across the sky. … More

Venus in the Evening

Magnificent Venus returned to the evening sky in July 2016 and will remain dominant in the Western sky until March … More

Wide Field Views

All images © R.Powell

Venus Meets The Moon

The planetary conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and Mercury is just about over but tonight the two day old crescent Moon … More

Near The Horizon

Last night I joined my Macarthur Astronomical Society friends at Campbelltown Rotary Observatory for another of our public astronomy nights. … More

2012 – Planets

2010 – Venus

2010 – Solar System

Moon, Ring Nebula, Albireo, Jewel Box, Venus, Jupiter

Dual Tailed Comet

Comet C/2014 Q1 (Panstarrs) was just a little higher in the sky tonight but it was still lower and dimmer … More

Finding Comet C/2014 Q1 (Panstarrs)

I like to look for bright comets with my DSLR mounted on a tripod. It’s a simple approach and it’s … More

Venus and Jupiter Video Clip

2015-07-01 Venus & Jupiter with Moons In Telescope As well as photographing the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter, I also … More

Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter – 1

2015-06-27 Venus Jupiter Sunset – Wide Angle Jupiter and Venus are edging towards a very close conjunction on 1st July. … More

Conjunction of the Moon, Venus and Jupiter

2015-06-20 Moon Venus Jupiter 18mm. (c) R.Powell On 20th June 2015 the crescent Moon passed close to Venus … More