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Mercury, Venus and Orion at Dawn (Sept 22, 2023).jpg

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Mercury (low at left in the twilight) and Venus (bright near centre) and the winter stars of Orion (at right) in the morning sky on September 22, 2023. Sirius and Procyon are to the left and below Orion. Mercury was at its greatest elongation away from the Sun this morning, and Venus was three days past its greatest brilliancy. So this serves as an illustration of the relative ease of sighting the inner planets, and of the dawn sky scene in late September, with the winter stars rising. Regulus in Leo lies between Mercury and Venus.

This is a stack of 4 x 8-second tracked exposures, so the ground is blurred slightly, with the Canon RF15-35mm lens at 15mm and f/2.8 on the Canon R5 at ISO 400. The camera was on the Star Adventurer Mini tracker.
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Mercury (low at left in the twilight) and Venus (bright near centre) and the winter stars of Orion (at right) in the morning sky on September 22, 2023. Sirius and Procyon are to the left and below Orion. Mercury was at its greatest elongation away from the Sun this morning, and Venus was three days past its greatest brilliancy. So this serves as an illustration of the relative ease of sighting the inner planets, and of the dawn sky scene in late September, with the winter stars rising. Regulus in Leo lies between Mercury and Venus. <br /> <br /> This is a stack of 4 x 8-second tracked exposures, so the ground is blurred slightly, with the Canon RF15-35mm lens at 15mm and f/2.8 on the Canon R5 at ISO 400. The camera was on the Star Adventurer Mini tracker.