Joe, visual sightings of the chevron patterns are few and far-between, and I'm going from an imperfect memory here, but I think I have read about historical figures seeing them with apertures as small as 9". Venus, with no filtration, is awfully bright- so bright that it can sometimes be hard to say what phase it is quickly. Can you describe your observation? C. --- Joe Bauman <bau@desnews.com> wrote:
Hi Chuck, here's one for you: Do you think it's even possible to glimpse the chevron pattern in Venus' atmosphere with an 8" and without any filter? 'Cause unless I was deluding myself, I think I did once .... Best, Joe
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