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The Moon and the zodiac constellation Virgo's brightest star Spica set virtually together. I thought that Spica had long since disappeared into the sunset, so it was a surprise to see it close to the 2 day old Moon in my planetarium program. Visually, Spica was impossible to see, and ditto with 7x35 binoculars, but 15x50 image-stabilized binoculars had little problem spotting it in the same FOV as the Moon.
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Panasonic G9, Lumix 100-300mm lens @ 100mm, photo tripod
... 24 frames x (f/4, Aperture priority, ISO 200)
... date: Sep 23, 2025 7:54-8:06pm MDT (sunset was at 7:29pm)
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