Mercury-Mars Conjunction
Taken by Helio de Carvalho Vital on June 18, 2019 @
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Camera Used: NIKON COOLPIX P900
Exposure Time: 100/100
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 1600
Date Taken: 2019:06:18 18:04:59
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The photos show Mercury and Mars only 14' apart over Rio de Janeiro at dusk. Forming a beautiful close pair through binoculars, Mercury was an easy naked-eye target while Mars (4.4 times dimmer) required the use of averted vision to be briefly spotted.
I used a Nikon CoolPix P900 camera for the shots, taken from 18:04 until 18:29 (UTC-3h).
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