2015 November 7 ~ The Waning Crescent Moon, Mars & Venus
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Photographed from mid-town Toronto (Canada) at 06.08 EST
For the last several weeks the planets Mars, Jupiter and Venus have been performing a close dance together in the morning sky. On Oct. 25 and 26 brilliant Venus and bright Jupiter were closest together.
On this morning faint reddish Mars (upper left) and brilliant white Venus (bottom centre) were joined by the waning Moon in its crescent phase. Between Mars and the Moon is the 3.6-magnitude star Beta Virginis.
This was one of the best and prettiest conjunctions of Moon and planets of the year.
See how the three planets looked in the morning sky (without the Moon) five days earlier, on the morning of Nov. 2:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/22088499053/
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Technical information:
Nikkor AF-S 80-400 mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR lens on Nikon D810 camera body; mounted on Manfrotto 057CF tripod with Kirk Enterprises ball head.
400 mm focal length
ISO 400; 2 sec. exposure at f/9
(with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)
Processed in Photoshop CS6 (brightness, contrast)
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2015 November 7 ~ The Waning Crescent Moon, Mars & Venus
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Photographed from mid-town Toronto (Canada) at 06.08 EST
For the last several weeks the planets Mars, Jupiter and Venus have been performing a close dance together in the morning sky. On Oct. 25 and 26 brilliant Venus and bright Jupiter were closest together.
On this morning faint reddish Mars (upper left) and brilliant white Venus (bottom centre) were joined by the waning Moon in its crescent phase. Between Mars and the Moon is the 3.6-magnitude star Beta Virginis.
This was one of the best and prettiest conjunctions of Moon and planets of the year.
See how the three planets looked in the morning sky (without the Moon) five days earlier, on the morning of Nov. 2:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/22088499053/
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Technical information:
Nikkor AF-S 80-400 mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR lens on Nikon D810 camera body; mounted on Manfrotto 057CF tripod with Kirk Enterprises ball head.
400 mm focal length
ISO 400; 2 sec. exposure at f/9
(with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)
Processed in Photoshop CS6 (brightness, contrast)
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