Venus and Pleiades in the Clouds
Taken by Tom Cocchiaro on April 4, 2020 @
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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Date Taken: 2020:04:04 22:05:43
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Despite dismal conditions this evening I didn't want to miss the chance to catch the planet Venus as it passed close to the Pleiades star cluster--it only happens every eight years. Had to wait for more than an hour beneath a bank of thick clouds for what astronomers lovingly refer to as a "sucker hole." I was about to give up when a brief hole in the clouds passed over. This is what it looked like. Pretty ethereal.
Canon T6i, Canon 7-200mm f2.8 IS III USM@ 75mm focal length, 4 sec, f2.8, ISO 1600, on SkyWatcher Star Adventurer Pro tracker.
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