Venus as observed in total flux F (left) and polarized flux U (right) through the Hα continuum filter (see Table 1). Due to Venus’s orientation, the planetary scattering plane makes an angle of about 45° with ExPo’s optical plane (the two orthogonal directions along which ExPo measured U are indicated below the image). The spatial resolution is approximately 775 km at the subobserver point on Venus’s disk. Credit: The Planetary Science Journal (2026). DOI: 10.3847/psj/ae7e6f
In 2010, scientists waiting to use the William Herschel Telescope in the Canary Islands captured a brief 36 minutes of images of Venus. They were waiting for the sun to set so they could look at distant stars and dust disks around young stars...
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