2025 August 16 ~ Venus & Wasat in the starfield of Gemini, in the morning sky over Toronto (660 mm focal length telescope)
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Photographed from 04.49-04.53 EDT from the football pitch at Northern Secondary School in mid-town Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sun 16.4° below the horizon
Venus altitude 11.5°
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Description:
In this high magnification image, small and distant but brilliant Venus sits among the stars of the constellation Gemini. If you download the large version of the image and open it on a desktop computer screen, between 90 and 100 stars to at least magnitude 11.0 can be seen.
Venus is always the third brightest object in the sky after the Sun and Moon, and can usually be seen in broad daylight if one knows exactly where to look, and Venus is not too close to the Sun. In 2025 Venus dominates the morning sky from May to November.
The brightest star in the field is 3.5 magnitude Wasat (Delta Geminorum), directly above (to the north of) Venus.
The field of view of this image is about 1.35° high by 2.13° wide.
For a version of this image WITH LABELS for 36 of the visible stars, click on the right side of your screen or click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/54725453560
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Technical information:
Tele Vue NP127is 127mm (5") apochromatic telescope, mounted on a Sky-Watcher EQ6-R PRO SynScan mount
Twelve stacked frames; each frame:
660 mm focal length; 3 sec. exposure at f/5.2; ISO 200
Subframes stacked in AutoStacker
Processed in Photoshop CS6 (brightness, contract, levels, colour balance, vignette removal)
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2025 August 16 ~ Venus & Wasat in the starfield of Gemini, in the morning sky over Toronto (660 mm focal length telescope)
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Photographed from 04.49-04.53 EDT from the football pitch at Northern Secondary School in mid-town Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sun 16.4° below the horizon
Venus altitude 11.5°
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Description:
In this high magnification image, small and distant but brilliant Venus sits among the stars of the constellation Gemini. If you download the large version of the image and open it on a desktop computer screen, between 90 and 100 stars to at least magnitude 11.0 can be seen.
Venus is always the third brightest object in the sky after the Sun and Moon, and can usually be seen in broad daylight if one knows exactly where to look, and Venus is not too close to the Sun. In 2025 Venus dominates the morning sky from May to November.
The brightest star in the field is 3.5 magnitude Wasat (Delta Geminorum), directly above (to the north of) Venus.
The field of view of this image is about 1.35° high by 2.13° wide.
For a version of this image WITH LABELS for 36 of the visible stars, click on the right side of your screen or click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/54725453560
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Technical information:
Tele Vue NP127is 127mm (5") apochromatic telescope, mounted on a Sky-Watcher EQ6-R PRO SynScan mount
Twelve stacked frames; each frame:
660 mm focal length; 3 sec. exposure at f/5.2; ISO 200
Subframes stacked in AutoStacker
Processed in Photoshop CS6 (brightness, contract, levels, colour balance, vignette removal)
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