Planet halos and conjunction
Taken by Maximilian and Eliza Teodorescu on February 21, 2015 @
Magurele, Romania
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 550D
Exposure Time: 3/10
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 400
Date Taken: 2015:02:21 21:04:28
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Together with my wife I've waited for the Sun to set, and installed our equipment in a field not far from our home. At first, we thought that the cirrus front rolling in would ruin our view of the Venus-Mars-Moon conjunction, but eventually, the spaces between the clouds allowed some photographs. Not little was our surprise when we saw an elliptical halo around Venus. I've switched afterwards to Jupiter and Sirius, both with the same type pf elongated halos around them. This added quite a bit to the show, despite the phenomenon being very hard to see with the naked eyes; only around Venus the halo was clear. My shots were done with a 65mm APO Refractor at 420mm focal length and Canon 550D, while my wife used 50mm and 100mm lenses to catch the Moon also. I've also attached an High Dynamic Range image of the halos around Venus and Mars, made from three shots with different exposure time.
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