Venus and Saturn at dusk, 2007 June 17

by Oleg Toumilovich & Reinderd Visser

Posted 2007 June 19 @ 11:03

2007 June 17

© 2007 O. Toumilovich

Oleg Toumilovich of Joburg neatly captures the four-in-a-row scene on Sunday evening, showing (l.t.r.) the crescent Moon, Venus, Saturn, and Regulus (in Leo).

© 2007 R. Visser

Reinderd Visser of Oudtshoorn's image, a 10-second exposure, brings out a lot of stellar detail to enhance the scene (while over-exposing the crescent Moon). To the bottom-left of Venus lies the Beehive star cluster, while the Sickle of Leo can be traced at top-right as it harvests the tip of the tallest tree.

Keywords: Astronomy, astrophotography

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