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__________________  THE IMAGES BELOW THIS LINE ARE FROM THE 2001 WINTER/SPRING CONJUNCTION   _________
The following series sample Venus' approach to inferior conjunction (when Venus comes between the Earth and Sun).

2001.03.12
Venus is closer to Earth, and appears larger, as it approaches "inferior conjunction."
Meade LX-200 10-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain, using a Nikon Coolpix 990 CCD camera, 5/8-inch eyepiece projection, taken in daylight (in order to avoid low elevation atmospheric fluctuations).
 

2001.02.16
Meade LX-200 10-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain, using a Nikon Coolpix 990 CCD camera
 

2001.01.20
Meade LX-200 10-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain, using a Meade 416XTE CCD imager

_________________ IMAGE BELOW THIS LINE IS FROM THE 1999 CONJUNCTION ___________

1999.07.14
Meade LX200 10-inch, f/27, 0.005 sec exposure.  (North is up, west is right.)
Venus is approaching closest approach, coming between the Earth and the Sun, hence the crescent shape.

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