Venus-Moon Conjunction
19 May 2007

A long exposure (1 sec.) shows an overexposed Venus near the crescent Moon with its dark part illuminated by earthshine. Venus and the Moon approached as close as 1.2°.

Photo info Date/Time: 19 May 2007 - 20:20 PDT Location: Vanishing Point Observatory Camera: Pentax 67 Vacuum Astrocamera Media: Medium format Kodak E200 Exposure: 1 sec. Scope: Astrophysics 155EDF / 2.7" flattener Filter: None Mount: Losmandy G11 Guiding: none Image Processing: Photoshop