Photographer:
Bob Christmas
Location of Photo:
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Date/Time of photo:
April 4, 2012, approx 9:30pm EDT
Equipment:
Canon Digital Rebel 300D on Tamron 300mm telephoto lens, stopped down to f/4. Lens and camera were tracked on a Super Polaris equatorial mount. 5 x 20 seconds (100 seconds of exposure in total), ISO 400.
Description:
Venus is beside the Pleiades (M45) on the evening of April 4, 2012. The diffraction spikes of Venus are from the aperture leaves of the lens.
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