Observation by Steve Brown: Noctilucent clouds and Venus rising

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Steve Brown

Observer

Steve Brown

Observed

2025 Jul 03 - 01:46

Uploaded

2025 Jul 13 - 10:22

Objects

Noctilucent cloud
Venus

Equipment

Canon 550D

Exposure

24x 1s exp, 120mm fl, f/4.5, ISO-400

Location

North Yorkshire, UK

Target name

Noctilucent clouds with Venus rising behind them

Title

Noctilucent clouds and Venus rising

About this image

This is a composite image of the noctilucent clouds display on 2-3 July 2025 showing Venus rising behind the clouds. I used a single shot of the NLCs and multiple exposures of Venus as it rose in the east from 01:46 to 02:14 UT, putting them together to create the image.

Files associated with this observation

Noctilucent clouds - 03-07-2025 01.46 to 02.14 UT (Venus rising).jpg (2.1 MB)

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