Can you see the dark edge of Venus in this shot.

Hi Lads,
I was going through some old pics last night and tried re-processing a number of images last night of the Venus transit.
In one image I found something abit strange.
I'm trying to figure out if this is real or noise, but is there a deformed
line making up the rest of the disk of Venus in this image ???

www.irishastronomy.org/user_resources/fi...5-ring4_IMG_0344.jpg

You'll need to turn your brightness and contrast up full for this.
The 2 top images might suggest yes to me, while the bottom suggests no?
I'm 50 -50 if this is noise or an arc of light over the edge of Venus ??
Wishfull thinking or the real thing??.
I've seen some incredible images of what this can look like.
Feel free to have a go at processing it yourself.
What do you think

Jesus Dave, you could be on to something! :shock:
Sure there's noise, but the middle image makes me wonder is it random, or dare I say, the outline of the disc?? :

Venus has been known to scatter light around it's disc to the 'farside' I personally am convinced I saw this phenomenon early last year - visually!

I guess though i'm 50-50 too

Keith..

Dave,
I'd be of the opinion that if it was atmospheric, then you should notice on a 'tear drop effect' shot, if the atmospheric edge touching the sun's edge was uniform around the disk, and thus tie in with the dimensions of Venus's disk as we see it in the same image. I don't think you have any of those close up photos of the tear drop have you?

And then again, it would probably only be even larger instruments than yours that would confirm it either.

I'd go for the noise option myself Dave, sorry!

Seanie.

I reckon it's the ashen light myself!
And there's no point in trying to change my mind - it won't work!

Clear skies,

So, thats 1 for, 1 against, and oh dear, 1 ashen lights :lol:

Seanie, I wasnt able (thankfully) able to get a tear drop effect.
Even when the disk was near the edge, there was a gap in this scope.
The small refracter was a different story, but thats a much smaller scope.

I think yore' implying a position where planet is just starting to enter or just finish leaving the Sun. Those are pics I dont have unfortunately.

Keith, I presume you mean you saw it during the transit visually ?!? cool.

I think yore' implying a position where planet is just starting to enter or just finish leaving the Sun. Those are pics I dont have unfortunately.
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Thats right - and to correct my previous post, its called the blackdrop effect, not the teardrop effect - though I don't see the difference!



Seanie.