Observation by Nick Hewitt: Venus, Mercury and the Moon

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Nick Hewitt

Observer

Nick Hewitt

Observed

2018 Mar 20 - 19:48

Uploaded

2018 Mar 28 - 08:59

Objects

The Moon
Mercury
Conjunction

Equipment

Canon 60Da
18-55mm lens at 18mm

Exposure

f5.6 ISO100

Location

Boa Vista, Cape Verde 15:58:47 N, -22:49:09 W

Target name

Venus, Mecury and the Moon

Title

Venus, Mercury and the Moon

About this image

Being in the tropics, while I battled a stiff easterly wind, the pair of inner planets were joined by the Moon quite favourably. The Moon was a very much thinner crescent than it appears here. Mercury can just be glimpsed to the right of Venus.

Files associated with this observation

Venus Mercury and Moon 2018-03-20 Boa Vista.jpg (1.7 MB)

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