7th May with lots of wind

[robert]

Warm and bright day, lovely. I hunted Venus out at about 1.30pm looking very small!
Robert
0507 07_May_2017_133015_g3_ap490 by robertarnold, on Flickr
0507 07_May_2017_140419_g3_ap512 by robertarnold, on Flickr
0507 Venus-07_May_2017_123604_g3_ap5 by robertarnold, on Flickr
ES127 (952mmFL) Barlow x2.5 Red filter

[Montana]

Fantastic!! is Venus getting further from Earth again?

Some lovely sunny discs too we had a lovely day here down south too

Alexandra

[marktownley]

Great solar disks and Venus there Robert! Hope your wind gets better

[Carbon60]

Lovely images, Robert.

Stu.

[robert]

Fantastic!! is Venus getting further from Earth again?

Yes....Approaching max elongation in early June... much smaller than a few weeks ago and getting smaller for a while
Both shots with same orientation to celestial north and magnification
0508 Venus by robertarnold, on Flickr

[eroel]

Robert:
Very nice FD´s and Venus shots.
Regards,
Eric.

[robert]

Thanks Eric