
Venus on 1961 April 9 at 12:40 + 15m EST (17:40 UT) as sketched by Jim Low. 4" reflector at 130x. Seeing 3-4. Transparency 0-5 (some clouds). This observation was made about 30 hours before inferior conjunction (daytime observation).
Links:
[1] http://www.rasc.ca/category/archivetags/1961
[2] http://www.rasc.ca/category/image-galleries/astrosketchers-0
[3] http://www.rasc.ca/category/archivetags/jimlow
[4] http://www.rasc.ca/category/archivetags/montreal
[5] http://www.rasc.ca/category/archivetags/sketch
[6] http://www.rasc.ca/category/archivetags/venus