niteskys.com - Venus and Saturn - June 30, 2007
 

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The close pairing of Venus and Saturn and the Sickle of Leo are framed by the observatory dome opening and telescope equipment on this warm summer night.

This image can also be seen as the link "from Richard McCoy" on the July 2, 2007 page at SpaceWeather.com. 

Image Data

29mm @ f4.5
ISO200, 5 second exposure
9:29 PM MDT, 06/30/07
Mead, Colorado

Equipment Used

Nikon D70s

Processing Tools

Photoshop CS