Mercury and Venus at Dusk
Taken by Helio C. Vital on July 14, 2016 @
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Camera Used: Canon Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
Exposure Time: 1/15
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 250
Date Taken: 2016:07:14 17:44:37
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Fast Mercury is catching up with Venus as both are gradually moving away from the Sun to adorn the evening twilight. On July 16 they will form a close pair only 0.5° apart. These photos were taken with a Canon Powershot SX60 HS camera between 20:43 and 20:46 UT. The first two show them 1.6° apart. Venus, currently 12 times brighter and further from the Sun (10.5° compared to 9.0°), is seen in the third photo 3 minutes after Mercury (last photo) had hidden behind a distant hill 3° high.
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http://https://www.flickr.com/photos/98669508@N03/
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