Venus and Mercury
Taken by Helio C. Vital on December 27, 2014 @
Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Camera Used: Canon Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
Exposure Time: 1/25
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 800
Date Taken: 2014:12:27 20:01:15
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Details:
Venus and Mercury are back to the evening twilight although still close to the Sun. The images, captured with a Canon Powershot SX60 HS camera around 22:00 UT in a beach resort 100 km east of downtown Rio de Janeiro, show both planets a few minutes before setting. The approximate angular distances to the Sun and altitudes for Venus and Mercury were: 15.6° and 11.3°; 8° and 5°, respectively.
Thus, although Bright Venus was a very easy target, capturing also Mercury and the scenery proved quite a bit more challenging.
Photographer's website:
http://https://www.flickr.com/photos/98669508@N03/
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