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Venus Venus is the second planet from the Sun and the sixth largest. Venus' orbit is the most nearly circular of that of any planet, with an eccentricity of less than 1%. orbit: 108,200,000 km (0.72 AU) from Sun diameter: 12,103.6 km mass: 4.869e24 kg. I took this image of Venus on 12-25-2005...yep Xmas!

Venus Date and Time: 6-19-2007 Camera: DMK21AF04 firewire Telescope: Celestron cpc 800 series/2 x barlow Capture Software: I.C. Processing Software: Registax / PhotoshopCS2 Location: Burleson ,Texas

Venus Date and Time: 6-19-2007 Camera: DMK firewire Telescope: Celestron cpc800 series/2 x barlow Capture Software: I.C. Processing Software: Registax / PhotoshopCS2 Location: Burleson ,Texas

Venus Date and Time: 09-18-2007 Camera: DBK high resolution firewire Telescope: Celestron cpc800 series/2 x barlow Capture Software: I.C. 2000 frames Processing Software: Registax / PhotoshopCS2 Location: Burleson ,Texas