Highest Venus and Lowest Mercury
Taken by Helio C. Vital on October 26, 2013 @
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Camera Used: SONY DSC-HX300
Exposure Time: 7/1
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 80
Date Taken: 2013:10:26 19:33:46
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Bright Venus (first 3 photos) is about as high as it can get (47.0° from the Sun and altitude of 39.4° at 21:33 UT). In contrast, Mercury is currently a challenging target. It was only 12.9° from the Sun and 4.5° above the southwestern horizon of Rio de Janeiro when I luckily managed to capture it. It is hardly visible as a pale dot in the last picture, taken with a Sony DSC-HX300 camera at 21:37 UT.
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