Venus and Saturn Conjunction Uploaded 7/1/07

 

 From Clear Creek Canyon Observatory in Happy Jack

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 Our weekend visit to the cabin up on top of the Rim was enhanced by the close conjunction of the planets Venus and Saturn in the western evening sky. Both objects were about a degree apart, and punched through the light clouds in the west still illuminated by the setting sun.

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Instrument: Canon 17 - 40mm L @ 17mm Platform: Robotic Barn Door Camera: Canon 10D @ ISO400 Exposure: 15 - 30s Filters: UV Location: Happy Jack Arizona Elevation: 6950 ft. Sky: Seeing 6/10, Transparency 4/10 Outside Temperature: 60F Processing Tools: Photoshop CS, Maxim DL, PixInsight, Pixmantec RAW HOME GALAXIES EMISSION NEBS REFLECTION NEBS COMETS GLOBULARS OPEN CLUST PLANETARIES LINKS FastCounter by bCentral