Moon-Neptune Conjunction
Taken by Helio C. Vital on December 6, 2016 @
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Camera Used: Canon Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
Exposure Time: 10/10
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 3200
Date Taken: 2015:12:06 20:32:43
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Details:
Neptune and the crescent Moon were only 64 arc-minutes apart in Rio`s sky when these photos were taken with a Canon PowerShot SX60 HS camera at 22:34 UT. The 45% illuminated waxing Moon (mag=-9.8) was then 12 million times brighter than Neptune (mag=7.9).
Photographer's website:
http://www.flickr.com/helio_c_vital
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