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While everyone is concentrating on Comet Nishimura nearby in Leo, Venus silently passes by the open star cluster M67 in Cancer. Even at 1/160 sec its brilliance overexposes the camera's sensor, yielding what looks like half phase rather than the moderate crescent that it is. The sky's slight blue cast is due to imaging mostly during dawn astronomical twilight.
Photo data:
Panasonic FZ300 at 24x zoom (= 600mm EFL), iOptron Sky Tracker Pro
... cluster: 52 x (f/2.8, 15 sec, ISO 400) = 13 minutes
... Venus: 1 x (f/2.8, 1/160 sec, ISO 400)
... N 60° left of vertical, W clockwise. FOV = 2.8° x 1.8°
... date: Sep 6, 2023 5:30am MDT (= Sep 6, 2023 11:30 UT)
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