Venus Approaching Dichotomy

“Venus as a gibbous disk in April 2023, its lit portion shrinking toward the half-lit dichotomy it reached in early June.”

Venus here is still gibbous, more than half lit, as it closes in on Earth during its 2023 evening apparition. Its lit portion shrinks week by week toward dichotomy, the half-lit phase it reached in early June 2023, while its apparent disk keeps growing.

Captured as a single video and stacked in AutoStakkert!3, then processed in PixInsight.

Total Exposure

Single video capture

Focal Length

3800mm

Equipment

Meade Maksutov 127/1900 Televue Barlow 2x ASI224MC NEQ6 Pro

Integration

Filter	Subs
Color (OSC)	1 video (single capture, no derotation)

Locations

San Giuliano Milanese, Lombardy, Italy

Bortle Class 7 • 2023-04-26