Venus, Mercury and Jupiter at Dusk
Taken by Helio C. Vital on July 31, 2016 @
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Venus, Mercury and Jupiter are currently easily visible from tropical latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere 40 minutes after sunset (when the Sun is about 9° below the horizon). Note that they are now almost vertically aligned, in sharp contrast to the shallow angle their alignment forms with the horizon when seen from mid-northern latitudes. That feature is strongly favoring their observation from Rio (-23° lat.). Also, Mercury (m=-0.1) is currently much less conspicous than Venus (m=-3.9, 7.6° below it) and Jupiter (m=-1.7, 20.3° above it). The photos were taken with a Canon PowerShot SX60 HS camera between 17:57 and 18:33 (UTC-3h). Vivid color mode was used to better show the twilight glare. Each image was created by stacking 5 photos with Registax. In addition, minor adjustments were made with PhotoScape to reduce noise and improve contrast when needed.
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