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Joel Weatherly
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
03/01/2023
07:08 pm
07:08 pm
The inset image was captured with a Canon EOS 5Ds and a Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary. The background photo was taken with an iPhone 11 Pro.
This composite was assembled using Affinity Photo.
This evening the two brightest planets in our skies, Venus and Jupiter, appeared 29.4′ apart. While clouds got in the way, it was still a stunning pairing. Despite planetary detail being lost to the clouds, three of Jupiter's moons, Io, Ganymede, and Callisto, were visible.
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