Venus, Jupiter and Mercury One Day Before Conjunction
Taken by Helio C. Vital on August 26, 2016 @
Saquarema, Brazil
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These photos were taken 1 day before the very close Venus-Jupiter conjunction when the planets were 1.1° apart. Mercury, 5° away, was forming a triangle with them in the western sky at dusk. Details: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS camera, Manual Mode, 5x(ISO 800-1600, F6.0, 1/3-1 s), between 21:00 and 21:30 UT.
Photographer's website:
http://https://www.flickr.com/photos/98669508@N03/
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