| Related Links : |
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| Gallery: Amateur Images of Venus |
| Amateur Image Archive: Venus
Image Archive
-- ESA |
| Winning Postcards from Venus: -- ESA -- The Planetary Society |
| Venus
Alarts and Observations
-- A.L.P.O. |
| The
Transit of Venus Photographed by Amateur Astronomers
-- Venus Transit 2004 |
| Related Articles : |
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| STARSTRUCK
- Martian canals and Venus spokes
-- Discovery Channels |
| Amateur
Images Venus's Surface
-- SkyTonight.com |
Amateur Images of Venus
Latest Amateur Images ( Visit the gallery )
The seductive luminosity of Venus has captivated both artists and astronomers
throughout our history. Many cultures incorporated Venus into their mythology,
and Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli's work "Birth of Venus" expressively
evokes the planet's impact on the collective human subconscious.
Amateur astronomers and ground-based observations have contributed very
useful information for studies of Venus' atmosphere: Mikhail Lomonosov
first suggested the existence of atmosphere on Venus in 1761, Boyer and
Guerin first determined the rapid, 4-day circulation of the Venus atmosphere,
and most recently, Christophe Pellier succeeded in imaging the night side
of Venus (emissions from the hot surface) using a 1 micron infrared filter
with a 30 cm telescope. Now, amateurs equipped with CCD cameras and filters
can still contribute to the study of Venus. Continued UV and polarized
light images of Venus are still likely to prove useful for monitoring
the Venus atmosphere and its circulation.
Also see Venus Image Archive at ESA
Send your high quality images to:
- Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (A.L.P.O.)-- Image Database System
- British Astronomical Society
