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Meiying Lee
Taipei, Taiwan
07/24/2023
05:54 pm

Equipment Details:

Canon R7 + SIGMA 60-600mm F4.5-6.3 S DG OS HSM Sports

Post-processing Details:

Use the software Startrails to stack 70 consecutive photos into a star trail. There is a 5 second interval between each photo.

Image Details:

This is a 6-minute trail of the crescent Venus, from 5:54:28 PM to 6:00:13 PM. Today, only 11.8% of Venus is illuminated, with an apparent diameter of 48.4 arcseconds, making it appear like a tiny moon through the long lens. Watching this little "moon" slowly move southwest within the frame is truly adorable. The video of Venus setting can be found at this link: https://youtu.be/oRr9gvUsaSQ.