Pinpointing Venus Amidst Contrails at Sunset
Taken by Helio C. Vital on July 2, 2016 @
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Camera Used: SONY DSC-HX300
Exposure Time: 1/800
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 80
Date Taken: 2016:07:02 17:16:03
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Only 7.2° from the Sun, Venus was still quite hidden in its glare at sunset yesterday. However, by using a planetarium program, that gave me its altitude and azimuth at sunset, I could narrow down the search area. That made the task of finding it, by using the powerful zoom of my camera, a lot easier. The first photo pinpoints it in the western sky of Rio as the Sun was starting to set. The second (at higher magnification) shows it next to a departing airplane, while the third shows it like a precious gem encrusted in a golden sky. Finally, a 10-frame animation shows the planet setting behind trees located on top of a hill 4 km away. A couple of times, I could glimpse Venus for a few seconds at the threshold of naked-eye visibility. A Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX300 camera was used for all shots, taken between 17:09 and 17:32 local time (UT-3h) and sunset occurred at 17:20. Post-processing for improved sharpness and contrast was made with PhotoScape.
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