Mercury & Venus conjunction
Taken by Ray Butler on March 12, 2018 @
Galway, Ireland
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure Time: 1/15
Aperture: f/inf
ISO: 800
Date Taken: 2018:03:12 20:05:19
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Details:
Details: Canon 5DII @ISO 800, Mamiya 300/2.8 lens at f/4, handheld @ 1/15 sec.
Mercury is the higher one. It's the hardest to spot of the naked-eye planets, as it is always close to the Sun. Its best evening appearances fall in February or March, when the plane of its orbit makes a steeper angle with the horizon. Binoculars help to pick it out against the twilight glow. This photo through a 300mm lens resembles the view through binoculars.
Over the next few evenings, Mercury will maintain its maximum 18 degrees elongation from the Sun, but it is fading all the time.
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