Scope Diagram Astrocamera.Net - Astrophotography by Dave Kodama

Venus-Moon Conjunction
19 May 2007


A long exposure (1 sec.) shows an overexposed Venus near the crescent Moon with its dark part illuminated by earthshine. Venus and the Moon approached as close as 1.2°.

Photo info
  • Date/Time: 19 May 2007 - 20:20 PDT
  • Location: Vanishing Point Observatory
  • Camera: Pentax 67 Vacuum Astrocamera
  • Media: Medium format Kodak E200
  • Exposure: 1 sec.
  • Scope: Astrophysics 155EDF / 2.7" flattener
  • Filter: None
  • Mount: Losmandy G11
  • Guiding: none
  • Image Processing: Photoshop


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