Venus-Jupiter conjunction as seen in Southern Brazil

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Photographer:

Antonio Mario Magalhaes

Location of Photo:

Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil

Date/Time of photo:

June 30th, 2015 @ 06:17 PM local, 21:17 GMT

Equipment:

Nikon 1 V3, with 6.7-13mm lens @ 8.5mm (23mm 35mm-equivalent FOV), Manfrotto tripod & ball head; 30sec @ f/5.0 and 200 ISO.

Description:

On the evening of closest approach of Venus & Jupiter, I tried to setup my tripod to have a view of the event near my neighborhood and some foreground of interest. There were clouds but, in this case, I used them to try and add some drama.

Website:

http://www.astro.iag.usp.br/~mario; https://www.facebook.com/antoniomario.magalhaes