From: "matt carmine" <jim_chung@sunshine.net>

Date: June 7, 2012 10:00:09 AM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: My last TOV posting!

I'm sure we're all getting tired of seeing TOV postings so I promise this is my

last one!

I tried not to

process this image too much since things like oversharpening artefacts can

create false halos but I think you can see a very dim brighter outline that may

correspond to atmospheric refraction of the part of Venus still within the dark

corona of the Sun.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4852049/VenusAtmosphere.jpg

And here's my final image with a solar mosaic and second contact using the famous Alan Friedman inverted gray scale scheme to better show off surface details.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4852049/TOVfinal.jpg

I find solar mosaics with the PST really difficult to put together because the

PST has a well known "hot spot" where the image is especially sharp so its hard

to get an even appearance in the final product.

Jim