Great Conjunction in twilight & darkness
Taken by Peter Lowenstein on December 21, 2020 @
Mutare, Zimbabwe
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Camera Used: Panasonic DMC-ZS40
Exposure Time: 300/10
Aperture: f/3.7
ISO: 100
Date Taken: 2020:12:22 11:50:41
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Clearing cumulonimbus clouds on Monday evening enabled the Great Conjunction to appear half-an-hour after sunset and both planets to remain visible for an hour until after dark. The pair were so close that they were at first difficult to distinguish but could later be seen as separate points of light. The lead mosaic consists of two 30 second time exposures taken in fading twilight and darkness. In the night view the conjunction is fairly low in the sky above Chikanga township while a lightning flash occurs in an active cumulus cloud to the left. Unusual enough to have witnessed the closest observable conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn since 1226 but remarkable to have captured it together with distant lightning! Camera: Panasonic Lumic DMZ-TS40 in sunset, night scenery and starry sky modes with up to x120 optical+digital zoom magnification.
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