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Michael Flynn
Pine Mountain Club Kern County,California USA
05/29/2023
04:54 am

Equipment Details:

Nikon d850 Cosina Zeiss 100mm 1.4 / ISO 2000 / 1/6 sec @ f 9 / W/B 5880 / B&W 486 UV-IR cut filter

Post-processing Details:

Light processing i iPad 10

Image Details:

37% illuminated Mercury and Jupiter 51 minutes before sunrise luckily the weather was calm and clear the previous days were marginal I located Mercury with binoculars and started shooting immediately the UV-IR cut filter really helped in getting sharper detail I used the magnifying tool on the image to make the planets easier to see

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