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Venus and the Pleiades
7 Apr. 2012


Venus and the Pleiades

This is another try at the Venus-Pleiades pairing, but this time on film and better sky conditions.

In my first attempt from my back yard (a digital image), I was fighting sunset illumination, light pollution, haze, and illumination from the full moon. This time, I was at my observatory and the moon had not risen, though sunset illumination was still a problem, causing the background gradient visible in the photo. This shot is a single frame - 5 minutes, on medium format Kodak PPF-400 (ISO400), Borg 125EDF2.8 @ f/3.3.