Venus, Saturn and a Chalet
Taken by Giuseppe Petricca on January 9, 2016 @
Carsoli, Abruzzo, Italy
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 700D
Exposure Time: 4/1
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 200
Date Taken: 2016:01:09 17:17:15
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Details:
The history of this picture begins a little while before the picture itself. From my classic position in Central Italy unfortunately there was not a star that could be seen this morning, due to heavy and low cloud cover.
But luckily I had to move towards my University place, and I calculated that I had around two hours after leaving to manage to capture the conjunction before the sunrise.
And, like the Latin motto says, Fortuna favet Fortibus (Fortune favors the Bold), and near the town of Carsoli, where there is this fantastic all wood-build chalet, the planetary pair appeared!
An awesome view, with Venus and Saturn so close that you had to squeeze your eyes to get both of them in the thin veil of high cirrostratus clouds, while the brightest one was always visibile. At least we can be satisfied from here towards the 2243, when there will be an ever closer conjunction between the pair!
Canon EOS 700D - 55-250mm IS STM - Lightroom CC - Photoshop CC
Photographer's website:
http://www.astrobin.com/users/gmrphotographer/
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