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Photographer

Keon W. Kang

E-mail

kangkw@gmail.com

Location

Seoul, Korea

Date

June 18th 2007,10 pm

Equipment

Canon 350D with Sigma 28-300 mm

Description

The flag of Turkey consists of a white crescent moon and a star. A crescent moon meets venus.
 

Photographer

Doug Zubenel

E-mail

nzubenel@kc.rr.com

Location

Jefferson Co., Kansas, USA.

Date

June 17, 2007, 9:52 pm CDT

Equipment

This is a 15 second exposure with a 135mm Nikkor lens @ f/5.6 on a Canon Rebel XTi body at ISO 100.

Description

In spite of high clouds, I was able to image the Beehive Cluster (Messier 44 in Cancer) between Venus and the waxing crescent moon.
 

Photographer

Doug Zubenel

E-mail

nzubenel@kc.rr.com

Location

Jefferson Co., Kansas, USA.

Date

June 17, 2007, 9:56 pm, CDT.

Equipment

This is a 30 second exposure with a 135mm Nikkor lens @ f/5.6 on a Canon Rebel XTi body at ISO 100.

Description

The high clouds gave up nice halos around the moon and Venus.
 

Photographer

Mike Lynch

Location

Frankfort, KY USA

Date

05/19/07 6:00 p.m. EDT

Equipment

Pentax *ist DL 6.1 MP camera, Sigma 70 - 300 mm zoon at 300 mm. Standard tripod.

Description

The crescent Moon was relatively easy to see to the naked eye in the afternoon daylight sky. Venus, approaching for a close conjunction in the evening, was easy with binoculars and the zoom lens. This was shot through the leaves of an oak tree in my back yard.
 

Photographer

Charles Cunningham

Location

St. Louis Suburbs

Date

5/19/2007; 8:47pm Central

Equipment

Digital Camera: Kodak EasyShare CX7430 on tripod.

Description

A crisp, clear evening sky provided for a spectacular pairing of Venus and the moon.
 

Photographer

Mike Lynch

Location

Frankfort, KY USA

Date

10:30 p.m. EDT

Equipment

104mm Celestron NexStar refractor telescope; Pentax *ist DL 6.1 MP camera at prime focus. Standard tripod.

Description

The Moon and Venus made a lovely pairing in the western sky, though high thin clouds moved in at sunset, making the view and photos less sharp. Still, an eye-catching sight!
 

Photographer

David Abbou

Location

Stafford, VA

Date

May 19, 2007

Equipment

Canon D30 digital camera on a tripod

Description

The May 19, 2007, conjunction between the moon and Venus.
 

Photographer

Alan C Tough

Location

Birnie, Moray, Scotland

Date

March 3, 2007 23:55 UT

Equipment

Canon EOS 300D and 150 mm, f/2.8 lens on a Vixen GP Photo Guider. Exposure for the starfield image was 15 seconds, and for the Moon image the exposure was 2 seconds.

Description

This is a composite image which was taken at Moray Astronomy Club's lunar eclipse party held at Birnie, Moray, Scotland on March 3, 2007. Over 60 people attended the event - the most successful in the club's history. The image was taken at 23:55 UT, near the end of totality, and shows the Moon in the starfield of Leo.
 

Photographer

Adrian Huestis

Location

Kanata ON

Date

April 19 2007

Equipment

Fujifilm FinePix S5200 camera was used

Description

This photo shows the moon situated between Venus and M45. One of the beautiful sights to behold that does not require a telescope!
 

Photographer

Babak A. Tafreshi

E-mail

babaktafreshi@gmail.com

Location

Tehran, Iran

Date

April19, 2007

Equipment

Canon EOS 20D, 85mm telephoto lens

Description

Occultation of crescent Moon and Pleiades started in dusk of April 19.
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