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31-MAY-2013 Barry Moore

Jupiter, Venus, Mercury conjunction

Sydney, Australia view map

The Conjunction in the Western sky as seen from the Cahill road deck
at Circular Quay, Sydney on 31 May 2013 at 17:31.
It matches the Stellarium predication (see next image) very well.
Also Compare with "previous" image from which the crop was made.
The planets set quickly after this photo and where only visible for about 5 minutes

Canon EOS 5D Mark II ,Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
1/10s f/4.0 at 73.0mm iso400 (tripod used)(IMG_8957crop.JPG)
(Cropped from previous image)Out of camera and no other adjustments except labelling and cropping. full exif


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