Mars Mercury Conjunction
Taken by Kevin Witman on June 17, 2019 @
Cochranville, PA, USA
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS
Exposure Time: 16/10
Aperture: f/inf
ISO: 800
Date Taken: 2019:06:17 23:09:25
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Eastern Pennsylvania has been plagued with clouds in 2019 with just a handful of clear evenings. Between rain showers, the clouds parted just enough to catch this very close pairing of the two smallest planets in our Solar System. I imaged the conjunction when the worlds were just a few degrees above the horizon. I was lucky to catch this event having to wait for a cloud bank to pass. Mars was fainter than Mercury and its red color is evident in this exposure. I used an Orion Shorttube 80 and a Canon 1000D DSLR with a 1 second exposure, ISO800.
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