Reggie, I think your image is really good, and I do see the detail. Bill P has posted many articles over the years with solid information.

I have been wanting to image Venus but have not due to lack of time and energy, and/or weather. The next couple of weeks look promising for me, and hopefully the weather will cooperate. Keeping my fingers crossed.

The last time I imaged Venus was in 2018, and had pretty good success. In 2012 I sketched an observation of Venus that caught detail. I used both #80A and UHC filters, probably stacked, for that one. When I did the 2018 image I used a ZWO 850nm IR Pass filter. I tried a 685nm filter with poor results. The #47 Wratten, which is reputed to be an excellent filter for Venus, turned out to be a huge disappointment for visual and imaging.

I hope the following help:





Subject: Venus
Date: 06/16/2018
Time: 21:00hr DST (06/17/2018 01:00 UT)
Location: Miami, Florida 25.61N 80.42W
Conditions: Not good, heavy haze and moisture.
Instrument: TV-85
Camera: ZWO ASI290MC
Filter: ZWO 850nm
Focal Ratio: f/21 using 3x Barlow
Capture Image Size: 1936x1096
Frames: 33sec Video
Capture Software: SharpCap 2.9

Notes:
- Conditions not favorable, image shimmering.
- Very large and heavy haze visible around moon.
- Stacked using 20% frames.
- Mild sharpening and gamma.
- Attempts with 685nm and #47 Wratten results
questionable.

 

I did some reading and this looks like a good Venus filter. I'm looking forward to your images with that filter.

Ed