I love modern technology. I am old enough to have wasted money using a film camera to try and get photo’s of the planets. I say try because the quality of my photos was terrible.
![Venus as seen through my telescope's wide angle finder scope.](http://nightskyonline.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/7_October_2013_Venus_image_taken_using_camera_phone_through_finder_telescope-300x225.jpg)
Today you can just get out your phone and take a picture pointing at the eyepiece of your telescope and get a much better photograph – and without having to wait for the film to be processed.
![Venus as seen through the main eyepiece of my telescope. Yes, it really does look like a very tiny featureless moon.](http://nightskyonline.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/7_October_2013_Venus_image_taken_using_camera_phone_through_telescope-300x225.jpg)
The above two photographs illustrate this ability nicely, plus confirm that you can easily see Venus during the day providing you know where to look.