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Old 04-04-2012, 09:54 PM
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Venus, Pleiades, and the ISS; 4th April

Hi all,

I was busy last night and didn't have a chance to capture the conjunction, but I noticed that the ISS was going to pass between Venus/Pleiades and Aldebaran just before 7pm this evening. Not a very bright ISS pass (mag -0.7), but it seemed like a good opportunity to capture it. Here's the results, taken from my local park with my 50D and 35mm f/2 lens. The first image is before the ISS pass, the second is with the ISS, and the last is an image taken on Monday evening (2nd April) using my 70-200 telephoto.

Thanks for looking!

Cheers,
Stephen
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