Location: Pawnee Grasslands Date: 2013-11-01 Camera: Canon T3i Telescope: CPC 1100 Mount: CPC 1100 w/ Mitty Wedge Attachment: Hyperstar 3 Guide Scope: Short Tube 80 Guide Camera: Celestron Starshoot Shot: Single Shot 1x120 seconds f/2 ISO 800 Acquisition: Nebulosity, PHD Guiding Processing: Nebulosity, Photoshop, Topaz
Location: About 40 miles east of Fort Collins, CO Date: 2012-07-04 Camera: Canon XSi (modified) Lens: Canon 200mm f/2.8L Mount: Astrotrac Shot: Single shot 1x30 seconds f/2.8 ISO 100 Processing: Photoshop
In short here is an image showing the ring of fire around Venus - when light from the sun interacts with Venus's atmosphere, illuminating it from our perspective on Earth.