Astronomy Picture of the Day 6-25-02

NASA ^ | 6-25-02 | Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell

[petuniasevan]

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2002 June 25

Venus and Jupiter Over Belfast
Credit: Peter Paice

Explanation: Venus and Jupiter appeared to glide right past each other earlier this month. In a slow day-by-day march, Jupiter sank into the sunset horizon while Venus remained high and bright. The conjunction ended the five-planet party visible over the last two months. Jupiter, of course, is much further away from the Earth and Sun than Venus, so the passing was really just an angular illusion. Pictured above on June 3, a fading sunset finds Venus shining over Jupiter above clouds, the Mourne mountains, and the city lights of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

[petuniasevan]

With a good camera (you need to be able to control the shutter speed) and a tripod, you too can take nice shots like this one.
This photo, for example, was taken using an Olympus 2040 digital camera, 1/5 sec exposure @ f2.3 on 400 ASA film.

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[petuniasevan]

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[sistergoldenhair]

Very nice.

[MeekOneGOP]

Great photo. Thanks!

[MozartLover]

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