Venus-Moon Conjunction
19 May 2007

A short exposure (1/60 sec.) shows the shape of a still overexposed Venus near the relatively dark, underexposed crescent Moon. Click on the image to see a larger version of the photo. Venus and the Moon approached as close as 1.2° in this conjunction.

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: 1/60 sec. Scope: Astrophysics 155EDF / 2.7" flattener Filter: None Mount: Losmandy G11 Guiding: none Image Processing: Photoshop