Venus, Mars, Pollux, Castor, and the Beehive with the ISS
Taken by Bob Beal on May 30, 2023 @ St. George, Utah, USA
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Photos #1 and #2: Venus and Mars will be passing by or through (respectively) the Beehive cluster within the next two weeks, but it's supposed to be cloudy here. Quite a few clouds tonight too, as you can see, but I figured I'd better utilize the opportunity to get the planets on their approaches to the cluster while I could. A bonus tonight is the passage of the ISS through the area. It took 2 minutes to cross the FOV. Labeled and unlabeled versions. Photo #3 is a wide view taken shortly afterwards. The 82% waxing gibbous Moon at the meridian lights the foreground.

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Panasonic GX8, Lumix 12-35mm lens, iOptron SkyTracker Pro
... ISS view: @35mm, combines 8 frames at (f/2.8, 15 sec, ISO 800)
... wide view: @15mm, 1 x (f/2.8, 15 sec, ISO 800)
... processed with startrails.exe and Paint Shop Pro
... both images have zenith up
... date: May 30, 2023 10:33-10:35pm MDT

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