Venus

[The Thing]

20% of 5000 frames at 450fps captured using Firecapture.

Image date, time and location: 16 Jan 2025 19:45 UTC, Manche, France
Telescope aperture and focal ratio: Teleskop Service Classic Cassegrain (GSO) 8" f12
Camera and filters used: ZWO ASI678 One Shot Colour camera with 2u pixels
Processing applied: Autostakkert!4, Lucky Stack Worker

This is full size.

[The Thing]

10% of 5000 frames at 450fps captured using Firecapture.

Image date, time and location: 9 Feb 2025 19:45 UTC, Manche, France
Telescope aperture and focal ratio: Teleskop Service Classic Cassegrain (GSO) 8" f12
Camera and filters used: ZWO ASI678 One Shot Colour camera with 2u pixels
Processing applied: Autostakkert!4, Lucky Stack Worker

This is full size.

[Carole]

You can really see the different Phases with about 3 weeks apart. 

[The Thing]

You can really see the different Phases with about 3 weeks apart. 

And the relative sizes as these haven't been resized. Venus varies a lot and quite quickly even though only specialized filters seem to discern any structure in the clouds.

[Carole]

Yes