Quite early on, just as the sun was setting I noticed Venus shining back at me, so faint that when I got the Opticron out I had to take a long hard look to spot her again.

But what a view, the sky was still almost daylight yet I could make out the gibbous shape of one of only two planets between us and the sun.

Next I looked for Jupiter which again didn't let me down, some cloud belts could be seen but only one moon, will check later to see if that was by design or not.

later
Mitch