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Rob Pettengill
Austin, Texas, US

06/25/2022
05:30 am

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Equipment Details:

Sony a7iii camera with a Rokinon 14 mm f/2.8 lens. Shot at f/4. Four panoramic 15 sec exposure and one 1/2 sec HDR capture of the Moon.

Post-processing Details:

Panorama creation and HDR composit in PhotoShop.

Image Details:

We can see all the visible planets in the sky at once every few years. These are extraordinarily beautiful and can even be spiritual occasions. These arrangements make it easy to see the path of the ecliptic across the sky and visualize our own place in the Solar System.

The scale of this event is so vast across the sky that you need to see the whole 30MP original image. Them Mercury and nearby Aldebaran are easy to spot as are the Pleiades to the left of the Moon.

My first image of an event like this was made in 2016 and remains one of my favorites. I was thrilled to finally have decent skies on the morning with the best arrangement of the crescent moon.

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David Callejas, Marketing Director, helps bring EarthSky's content to the world via online ads and other products. He creates strategies that help people around the world find us and appreciate the work we do. He helps manage the EarthSky Store and bring to you the new products that you love. He's the chief liaison between EarthSky.org and the world of commerce. All that, plus he helps post content and populate our pages on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. Go David!