Venus with Hyades & Pleiades
Taken by Alan Dyer on April 27, 2018 @
Drumheller, Alberta
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 60D
Exposure Time: 8/1
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 800
Date Taken: 2018:04:28 09:00:45
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This is Venus low in the evening twilight, now passing between the Hyades (left) and Pleiades (right) star clusters in Taurus, making for a fine evening sky sight for binoculars. But while Venus continues to climb higher and become more prominent as an evening "star," the Pleiades and Hyades, and all the winter stars, are quickly sinking out of sight.
I shot this on April 27, 2018 from the Horsethief Canyon viewpoint on the Red Deer River north of Drumheller, Alberta.
This is a stack of 6 x 13-second exposures at ISO 400 for the ground to smooth noise, and one 8-second exposure at ISO 800 for the sky to minimize trailing. All at f/4 with a 35mm lens on the Canon 60Da for increased red sensitivity in the sky colours. The smaller f/4 aperture added the diffraction spikes on Venus “naturally” in camera.
Photographer's website:
http://www.amazingsky.net
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