Venus visits her Seven Sisters
Taken by E. Brett Waller on April 3, 2020 @
Staunton, VA
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Venus visits the Pleiades approximately once every eight years, and this conjunction was rather close, occurring on April 3, 2020.
Acquired with a Samyang 85mm f/1.4 aspheric lens, stopped to f/4, on a Canon 1100D camera mounted on a Kenko Sky Memo tracker. Taken near beginning of astronomical twilight, local time 8:50 PM EDT, 00:46 UTC, in bright skies under a waxing gibbous moon.
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