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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Венера и Плеяды в апреле http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1641437/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Antonio
Finazzi
Explanation:
Shared
around world in early April skies
Venus, our brilliant evening star,
wandered across the face of the lovely Pleiades star cluster.
This timelapse image follows the path of the inner planet during the
beautiful conjunction showing its daily approach to the
stars of the Seven Sisters.
From a composite of tracked exposures made with a telephoto lens,
the field of view is also appropriate for binocular equipped
skygazers.
While the star cluster and planet were easily seen with the naked-eye,
the spiky appearance of
our sister
planet in the picture is the
result of a diffraction pattern produced by the camera's lens.
All images were taken from a home garden in Chiuduno, Bergamo,
Lombardy, Italy, fortunate in good weather and clear
spring nights.
Notable APOD Submissions:
Gallery
of Venus passing in front of the Pleiades
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
Specific
rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.