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Old 30-07-2010, 09:39 PM
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Friday planets in Brisbane

The skies have finally cleared after a week of clouds. Snapped Leo, Venus Mars,Saturn and Mercury this evening. Marked up Leo to give a bit of scale to to the spectacle. Didn't realise that I didn't catch Algieba until I checked just now... oops.

1. Modded Canon 450D, 10 - 22 mm @ 22 mm, f5.6, 15 sec, ISO 100. Some levels adjusted in PS CS2.
2. Different perspective, 10 minutes earlier. Mercury is just about to enter the Pecan, while Regulus is amongst the branches (not sure if it can be seen at this scale and resolution). Same camera details as above, cropped to 80% original.

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