To the left is the moon, on the right is Venus with the same luminosity if you weren't seeing it through my phone camera. It's probably the brightest I've seen in a year. Taken in Colorado so I don't know how your local orientation will differ.

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[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 13 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I get some weird artifacting on my phone so Venus is partly blotted where it was the brightest.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 8 points 4 days ago

Oh shit space is doing an Islam

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Your phone sensor is actually hella good. If you look at Venus through a telescope, you'll see that we're actually seeing her perpendicular to the sun-- a quarter of it in shadow and a quarter of it in light. I think that could be why it looks so odd here.

[–] putridfairytale@hexbear.net 3 points 4 days ago

I think it's so bright it overloaded the sensor, that fuckin rules

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wait no Venus come back.

Yours is a lot closer to the naked eye image. I couldn't get one without zooming in to avoid surface lights.

[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago

I usually use manual controls as well. Just have a quick shutter speed and it'll capture less light so that it captures an image that is closer to what you see with the naked eye.