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Moon & Venus Conjunction Wide-Field (Feb 1, 2025).jpg
This is the conjunction of the 3.5-day-old waxing crescent Moon near Venus on February 1, 2025, with the two worlds about 2.5° apart this night in the southwest. They shine here over a frozen field at home in southern Alberta, with the Moon lighting the snow in a "glitter path" of moonlight. It was about -22º C this night with a chill wind.
A blend of multiple exposures retains details on the sunlit lunar crescent while revealing the "dark side" of the Moon and Earthshine.
Technical:
This is a blend of 9 exposures from 1/50 second (for the lunar crescent) down to 15 seconds (for the foreground, sky, and stars). Blended with Lights1 luminosity masks created with the Lumenzia extension panel in Photoshop, and modified to focus on just the Moon. With the Canon RF70-200mm lens at 70mm, and f/4 on the Canon R5 at ISO 400. On a static tripod, no tracking. So the stars are trailed. Images manually aligned. Enhancements added with Luminar Neo Accent and Orton Glow filters.
A blend of multiple exposures retains details on the sunlit lunar crescent while revealing the "dark side" of the Moon and Earthshine.
Technical:
This is a blend of 9 exposures from 1/50 second (for the lunar crescent) down to 15 seconds (for the foreground, sky, and stars). Blended with Lights1 luminosity masks created with the Lumenzia extension panel in Photoshop, and modified to focus on just the Moon. With the Canon RF70-200mm lens at 70mm, and f/4 on the Canon R5 at ISO 400. On a static tripod, no tracking. So the stars are trailed. Images manually aligned. Enhancements added with Luminar Neo Accent and Orton Glow filters.
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