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The 2009 conjunction of M45, The Moon and Mercury

The 2009 conjunction of M45, The Moon and Mercury(John W. O'Neal, II)

Acquisition Date : April 26th, 2009
Camera : Canon 30D
Camera Settings : 1/4second @ ISO 400
Telescope : N/A
Mount : N/A
Adapter / Prime / Afocal / Other : N/A
Processing Package / Processing Applied : Stretched in AdobePhotoshop
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NOTES : The entire time Mercury was high in the sky clouds obscured one of the trio. It wasn't until Mercury was almost on the horizon that it cleared enough to get all three items in the shot. However, I had to unhook thec amera from the tracking scope, throw it on a tripod and run 50 yards to get Mercury in between these trees.

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