Mercury & Jupiter at Dawn
Taken by Alan Dyer on March 4, 2021 @
near Gleichen, Alberta
Click photo for larger image
| |
Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 60D
Exposure Time: 1/10
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 100
Date Taken: 2021:03:04 11:11:13
|
|
| More images
Details:
Mercury (above) and Jupiter in a close conjunction at dawn on March 4, 2021, when they were 35 arc minutes (a little more than half a degree) apart very low in the bright twilight. Mercury was not obvious even in binoculars but the camera picked up both planets well. Jupiter was magnitude -2 while Mercury was about magnitude 0.2. Taken from home at latitude +51° N.
This is a single 1/10-second exposure with the 200mm lens at f/4 on the Canon 60Da at ISO 100.
Photographer's website:
https://www.amazingsky.com
|
|
|
