Moon with Four Planets
Taken by Alan Dyer on October 9, 2015 @
Gleichen, Alberta
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 6D
Exposure Time: 1/2
Aperture: f/2.5
ISO: 400
Date Taken: 2015:10:09 07:25:01
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The sky was filled with planets this morning, as all four of the closest planets to the Sun appeared along the ecliptic in the morning sky, plus a fifth planet - Earth.
Here, the waning crescent Moon, lit by Earthshine, appears with four planets on the morning of October 9, 2015, with the planets from bottom left to top right:
Mercury, just above the horizon between the low cloud bands, at lower left
Jupiter, bright at centre
Mars, reddish and above Jupiter
Venus, brightest at upper right and in some thin cloud.
The bright star Regulus in Leo is above and to the left of Venus.
This is a blend of four exposures: a long 4-second exposure for most of the sky and ground and shorter 2, 1, amd 1/2 second exposures for the bright twilight area and around the Moon and Venus, to prevent those areas fro being blown out. Blending is with masks, not HDR. All with the Canon 6D at ISO 400 and 50mm Sigma lens at f/2.5
Photographer's website:
http://www.amazingsky.net
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