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Helio C. Vital
Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
12/04/2022
06:55 pm

Equipment Details:

Nikon CoolPix P900 at ISO 100, F6.3, 1/8s on tripod; 5.6x magnification.

Post-processing Details:

PhotoScape used to improve contrast and sharpness.

Image Details:

As indicated by the arrows, those are Venus and Mercury, still very close to the Sun (at eastern elongations of only 10.7 and 14.4 degrees, respectively), returning to evening twilight only 4 degrees apart and still very low (3 and 7 degrees, in the same order).

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