Moon, Venus and Winter Stars
Taken by Alan Dyer on April 17, 2018 @
near Gleichen, Alberta
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Camera Used: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D750
Exposure Time: 13/1
Aperture: f/2.0
ISO: 800
Date Taken: 2018:04:18 01:03:51
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Details:
It was a busy sky in the western twilight on April 17, 2018.
To the far right: The waxing crescent Moon, with the darkside lit by Earthshine, about 6° south (left) of Venus in the evening twilight and below the Pleaides, with the Aldebaran and the Hyades to the left of the Pleiades.
At centre: Orion is setting behind the old farm shed.
At far left: Sirius is setting behind the old farm house, with bright Procyon at upper left.
All are set in the deep blue twilight of a rare clear night of late.
This is a blend of two exposures: a long 13-second exposure for most of the image and a short 2-second exposure for the bright twiilight at right and the Moon, blended with a luminosity mask.
To be artistic I added a “Misty Land” Orton-style glow effect with Luminar. And diffraction spikes on the brightest objects with Astronomy Tools actions.
Taken from near home in southern Alberta, with a lot of snow only now beginning to melt.
I used the Sigma 24mm Art lens at f/2 and Nikon D750 at ISO 800.
The telephoto close up of the April 17 Moon-Venus pairing was with the Nikon D750 and the old 1970s vintage 105mm f/2.5 Nikkor lens at f/2.8. This is a single 5-second exposure, untracked.
Photographer's website:
http://www.amazingsky.net
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