Venus, Mercury & Pleiades in Volcanic Sunset
Taken by Peter Lowenstein on April 13, 2023 @
Mutare, Zimbabwe
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Camera Used: Panasonic DMC-ZS40
Exposure Time: 10/25
Aperture: f/5.9
ISO: 100
Date Taken: 2023:04:13 23:59:50
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As the ‘Hybrid’ volcanic sunset observed on Thursday 13th faded, Venus and then Mercury became visible above the glare at 6.15 pm enabling both to be photographed together in the same frame for the first time this month. A quarter-of-an-hour later light from the volcanic sunset display had dimmed sufficiently to enable the Pleiades (Seven Sisters) star cluster to appear below Venus followed by the Hyades and Red Giant star Aldebaran in the Taurus Constellation providing a rare glimpse of these in red glow when the sky, in the absence of volcanic aerosols, would otherwise have been dark. Camera: Tripod-mounted Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS40 in sunset and manual exposure modes.
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