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Old 24-06-2005, 06:45 PM
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Saturn-Venus-Mercury conjunction - post 'em here

I know I'm jumping the gun a bit but its forecast lousy weather here for Sunday, so I took the opportunity and rattled off a few shots of the soon to be conjunction.

Total angular separation Saturn (at top) to Mercury (at bottom) 3 deg 29'
Shot 1.
Time 07:36 UT (5:36 PM)
Canon 300D
ISO400
f/12.6
FL 160mm (Eq 320 mm)
Exp 2 sec

Shot 2
Time: 08:04 UT (6:03 PM)
As above
Exp 8 sec
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