Phases of Venus (spring 2017)

4 photos of Venus (taken during February and March 2017 after the maximum eastern elongation in January 2017) combined. I was going to use my images and decided to create this illustration. You can see the phase and angular size changes together with planet motion above south-western horizon (just my estimation).

 

Phase changes: 36,3% -> 9,8%

Angular size changes: 33" -> 52.5"

^ which is, actually, more than Jupiter! (43" !)

 

Afocal shots,

Celestron Powerseeker 50AZ refractor,

Magnification 48x & Camera optical zoom 6x

Done