Scope Diagram Astrocamera.Net - Astrophotography by Dave Kodama

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


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