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The Moon and Venus

Thursday 2nd January 2025, 4.45pm (day 4,879)

Moon and Venus, 2/1/25

Clear skies are not always a feature of the time of year, so let’s take the chance to photograph this impending conjunction tonight, although surely the Moon is going to move even closer (apparently, anyway) to Venus before the weekend. A fleeting contrail decides to butt its oar in, too.

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Mars

Wednesday 1st August 2018, 11.35pm (day 2,533)

Mars, 1/8/13

In some ways, of course, this may be the dullest picture I have ever posted on here. But I still think it’s a fine thing that my new camera [*] makes its debut by crossing interplanetary space. And without a tripod, too; to prove the steadiness of my hand and that the Red Planet isn’t just an out-of-focus star, note Psi Capricornus (apparently) just to the left.

[*] A Canon Power Shot SX60.

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