Conjunction
Taken by Rick Stankiewicz on April 2, 2020 @
South of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 60D
Exposure Time: 4/1
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 3200
Date Taken: 2020:04:02 20:06:04
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"Venus Meets Pleiades"
Anyone watching the movement of Venus in the western sky the last while will notice that it has been getting closer and closer to an open star cluster called M45 or Pleiades or The Seven Sisters or Subaru (if you're Japanese). Tonight, Venus moved right below M45 and tomorrow it will be right in the star cluster and the following evening just above. This is will only happen every 8 years, as the background stars and Venus cycle through the sky (celestial mechanics). Tomorrow, it is predicted to be cloudy here, so I was really happy to have clear skies this evening to capture with my camera, what you would see in binoculars if you happened to be looking at Venus.
Close-up image taken with iOptron SkyTracker mount Canon 60D camera and 200mm lense at 4 seconds; f/4.5; ISO 3200
Waide view image with a tripod mounted Canon 6D 50mm lense at 1 second; f5.6; ISO 2500.
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