Venus, Jupiter and The 
Beehive cluster come together

 
 For
            a few short minutes this morning, the planetary duo passed within
            a degree of eachother, in the same field as the open cluster
            M44 in Cancer. Then the light of sunrise washed it all away.
            I took many shots, however the pair was very low on the eastern
            horizon at 5am, and still in the trees. Here is what it all looked
            like...

            
8mm fish eye shot showing the moon at the
top of the frame, and at the very bottom
is the pair of planets.  You may have to 
click on the larger image to see them, they
are very tiny!

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With the Stellarvue 80mm the
scene was much clearer.   Venus is at the
top, Jupiter lower and off at the bottom
that scattering of stars is M44.

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Lens:  Stellarvue SV80s at f/4.8
Camera: Canon XTi Hutech Modified
Mount:  Televue GEM 
Location:  Payson Balcony, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  8/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  60F
Processing Tools:  Photoshop CS2, Maxim DSLR
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