Venus Meets Nunki
Taken by Jimmy Westlake on November 18, 2013 @
Stagecoach, Colorado USA
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Camera Used: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure Time: 300/10
Aperture: f/1.0
ISO: 6400
Date Taken: 2013:11:18 18:21:24
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Tonight, Venus slid past the star Nunki (Sigma Sagittarii) in the "Milk Dipper" asterism in Sagittarius, the two missing each other by a scant 12' 44". Venus, at magnitude -4.56, shines 420 times brighter than Nunki, at magnitude 2.00. This is a 30-second exposure through a Celestron 4-inch refracting telescope, stopped down to f40, using a Nikon D700 DSLR camera set at ISO 6400.
Photographer's website:
http://www.jwestlake.com
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