Venus currently visible during the daytime with unaided eye

[Guest Justin]

This photo taken at 12:40 midday. For the next few weeks Venus will be visible to the naked eye during daytime if you know where to look. Once spotted it is very distinctive but ideally, position yourself so that Venus is 'framed or marked' by a ground object - in this case - the branches of a tree, so that if you glance away or want to take a photo you will quickly relocate the object. It is quite odd at first, once spotted you keep expecting the object to move away. But no, it really is Venus at midday.

[M.]

I think I'm ready for another eye test haha.

[+Bino-viewer]

Well spotted.

I had hoped to be able to follow Venus up to inferior conjunction, but alas this time its not well placed.

The next time it comes around though it will be at its best for us 'northerners' (March 2017)

[Johnnyaardvark]

Nice work. Love your photographic representation too.

[Doc]

Never seen Venus during the day, but then I have never looked, will it give it a go today.

[Guest Justin]

It really is worth it. It was the hottest day of the year when I took this, the heat was unbearable. Although this doesn't really qualify for an observers report I didn't know where else to post it. Have a look on the net for other images of Venus during the day, this is probably the best one yet. I took two pictures with a 16MP device, the first one was a wide angle and the second a 30x zoom. Then I used imaging sofware to isolate the final image, only cut and paste. Due to the huge image size (4608 x 3456) I could move in a lot and the camera captured the crecent so I knew it was accurate. The final magnification is quite high. Post some pictures if you see it unaided.

[philjay]

Congrats Justin. Ive spotted it many times in the past in daylight, its usually a good competition to see who can pick it out first. Using a terrestrial object to get your bearings is a good way of respotting it

[+Bino-viewer]

This is what i want to see......Venus passing through inferior conjunction (and i've already seen a transit ; that doesn't count   )

 

Its only really do-able when it passes 'above' the sun as seen from the northern hemisphere.

Even then it has to be high enough above it to avoid the suns glare.

The highest pass that it achieve is around 8 degrees.

And luckily in spring 2017 we have such a pass here in the UK.

It will be possible to see Venus after sunset, and then again before sunrise the next morning.

Its on my astro bucket list 

 

Check out this beautiful little time lapse taken by an observer in Malaysia.

 

>https://youtu.be/ifb0nQIVXPY

[Guest]

I haven't spotted it in daylight this year but have done in the past. I remember first light with my binoculars in February 2002. I saw Venus about an hour before sunset with my unaided eye and spotted the phase through my binoculars.

 

I think it's a great "pot" at the moment, as it is not well-placed in the evening sky. It will be easier to see in autumn mornings.

 

I've heard of people spotting Mars in daylight but the only other planet I've seen with the unaided eye during daylight was Jupiter when it was near the Moon.

 

I've also heard claims of bright stars being seen through chimneys during daylight. I guess that they would be Capella or Vega.