Mars and Its Two Companions
Taken by Jimmy Westlake on March 19, 2014 @
Stagecoach, Colorado, USA
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Camera Used: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure Time: 300/10
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 6400
Date Taken: 2014:03:19 21:17:14
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Mars and Its Two Companions.
No, not THOSE two companions. The OTHER two. This spring, Mars is looping through the stars of Virgo alongside the two large asteroids Ceres and Vesta. All three reach opposition in April: Mars on April 8, Vesta on April 13, and Ceres on April 15. In the attached image, ruddy Mars is shown rising beside icy-blue Spica. Vesta and Ceres are about two Mars-Spica distances off to Mars' left. Vesta, the nearer and more reflective of the two, appears about a magnitude brighter than Ceres. Both are within easy grasp of binoculars. This is a 30-second tripod-mounted exposure taken at 10:17pm MDT on March 19, 2014 from Stagecoach, Colorado. I used a Nikon D700 at ISO 6400 and a 35mm Nikkor lens at f3.5 for the exposure. An image key is also attached.
Photographer's website:
http://www.jwestlake.com
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