Ecliptic planetary conjunction
Taken by Evan Lannen on October 23, 2015 @
Traverse City, MI
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Ecliptic Planetary Conjunction, October 23rd, 2015 - @ 6:12AM EST (10:12AM UTC) - Northern United States.
(Archived Information)
I had a small window of opportunity this morning to get a clear shot of the conjunction during a short break in the cloudy sky. This was my second attempt at a capture, after clouds had obstructed a clear view of Mercury on the 20th of October.
Unfortunately, stormy weather blocked my 3rd attempt, on Oct 26th.
When Venus, Jupiter and Mars were at their nearest distance to one another. Within a circular 5° proximity apart in the night sky.
The planets will not be this close in proximity again until January of 2021.
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My equipment and configuration:
- Camera: Nikon D90 DSLR
- Lens: 35mm (Film era) Nikon AF-NIKKOR 28mm ƒ/2.8 D
- Manual settings - (single long exposure)
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- F stop: ƒ/2.8
- Exposure time: 10 seconds
- ISO Speed: 3200
- Focal length: 28.3mm Fixed
- Manual focus (Set to ∞)
- Light source: (HPS) sodium vapor.
- Time: 6:12AM EST (10:12AM UTC)
- Astronomical twilight begins @ 6:31AM EST
- GPS recorded location: L/L- 44°48.584'N - 85°33.651'W
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