Date Time: May 23/2020 2130-2230
Weather: Clear, no wind, cool 7C, no dew or bugs.
Equipment: Canon T3 with 75-300 lens on tripod.
Attendance: Myself
Objective: To view and image the close pairing of Mercury and Venus that has been occurring around this time of evening for the last number of days. They came as close as under 2 degrees a few days before this.
Report:
- Weather was perfect, but planets, especially Venus dropped in the sky shortly before it darkened. Nice pairing to view, it has been many years since I last seen Mercury.
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| Focal length 230mm, 1/4 second, ISO 100. |
- Many satellites were seen including the International Space Station. The increase in satellite traffic is noticeable.
