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Dr Ski
Valencia Observatory, Central Philippines
04/17/2020
06:38 pm

Equipment Details:

Canon EOS M100
80mm, f2. 8
1.6s@ISO800

Post-processing Details:

Inset:
90mm Mak-Cass at 150x
1/500s@ISO1000

Image Details:

Venus and Aldebaran are in conjunction tonight (same Right Ascension on the Celestial Sphere).
At 150x, Venus shows a fat crescent approaching the apparent size of Jupiter.
The background stars are travelling farther West (down) from Venus, as the planet gets lower on the horizon each night (it's headed back towards the Sun).

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