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Re: Venus
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2005 Dec 12, 23:16 EST
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2005 Dec 12, 23:16 EST
Bill you wrote: " it would appear that phase has been built into GHA and declination for the past two decades. " Just bear in mind that those phase fudges make sense only if Venus is unresolved, which would be the case if you're using a low magnification telescope on your telescope. But when shooting lunars, you would always prefer higher magnification, and in that case Venus can be resolved, and easily, as a tiny crescent when it's near inferior conjunction. Then, the phase adjustments are worse than useless. -FER 42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W. www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
