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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/markmccaughrean/statuses/114094371360817249">Mark McCaughrean (markmccaughrean@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 04:01:20 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@markmccaughrean" title="markmccaughrean@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/40452-48-20221126151148.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Mark McCaughrean" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Mark McCaughrean</a></section><article><p>A very pretty conjunction between the Moon &amp; Venus in clear cold skies this evening 🙂</p><p>There was some excellent earthshine to be seen, sunlight reflected off the Atlantic lighting up the otherwise dark part of the Moon 🌒</p><p>And it was easy to see that Venus was a crescent, with sunlight striking it in pretty much the same as it was hitting the Moon 🌙</p><p>Wide-field: iPhone 📱<br>Close-ups: DSLR + 200m lens 📷</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" rel="tag">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceScience" rel="tag">#SpaceScience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlanetParade" rel="tag">#PlanetParade</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photography" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iPhonePhotography" rel="tag">#iPhonePhotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nikon" rel="tag">#Nikon</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4661654#notice-9125514">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-03-03T04:01:20+09:00" title="Monday, 03-Mar-2025 04:01:20 JST">about a month ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@markmccaughrean/114094371360817249" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@markmccaughrean/114094371360817249">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4229824">The Moon to the upper left and Venus to the lower right seen against a blue twilight sky over a hilltop line of fir trees seen in silhouette.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/094/353/614/265/455/original/fa41fc61a9abec7e.jpeg" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/094/353/614/265/455/original/fa41fc61a9abec7e.jpeg</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4229825">A close-up picture of the Moon against a blue twilight sky, with the sunlit crescent to lower right over-exposed to be able to see the earthshine lit dark side. There are a few faint stars in the shot too, showing that it’s slightly trailed thanks to the 2 second exposure.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/094/354/317/281/598/original/4306137c2f987463.jpeg" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/094/354/317/281/598/original/4306137c2f987463.jpeg</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4229826">A close-up picture of Venus against a black sky. A short exposure time has been used to ensure you can see that Venus is a crescent, as it’s currently between Earth and the Sun, so only lit along one edge, like the Moon.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/094/354/951/161/613/original/b0439608294775c2.jpeg" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/094/354/951/161/613/original/b0439608294775c2.jpeg</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Mark McCaughrean (markmccaughrean@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 04:01:20 JST Mark McCaughrean
A very pretty conjunction between the Moon & Venus in clear cold skies this evening 🙂
There was some excellent earthshine to be seen, sunlight reflected off the Atlantic lighting up the otherwise dark part of the Moon 🌒
And it was easy to see that Venus was a crescent, with sunlight striking it in pretty much the same as it was hitting the Moon 🌙
Wide-field: iPhone 📱
Close-ups: DSLR + 200m lens 📷
#Astronomy #SpaceScience #PlanetParade #Photography #iPhonePhotography #Nikon
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