From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: February 10, 2009 3:00:25 PM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Venus Again

Hi Willie;

You will need a monochrome camera for doing UV or narrowband though.

I have tried it with my Flea Color camera and it simply doesn't work. The red and green Bayer color filters don't see UV at all and the UV blue pixel sensitivity is poor too.

HTH..

Milton Aupperle

On 10-Feb-09, at 2:32 PM, Willie Strickland wrote:

Thanks for sharing.  You and Jim are inspiring me to try some UV of

Venus.  I am not sure when I will have a chance, but it is really cool.

Willie Strickland

cwskas@earthlink.net

On Feb 10, 2009, at 1:22 PM, Milton Aupperle wrote:

Another Venus UV shot with C8 @ 5,000 mm with televue 2.5x, Schuler UV

filter, Grasshopper 16 bit mono camera.