Venus and Saturn Conjunction
Uploaded 7/1/07

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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
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