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M45 and Venus, Cosgrove's Cosmos (Patrick Cosgrove)
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M45 and Venus

M45 and Venus, Cosgrove's Cosmos (Patrick Cosgrove)
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M45 and Venus

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It's not very often that a bright planet moves so close to a bright and well known star cluster like M45. This was the result of 30 x 1 second exposures stacked, taken with a Sony A7iii and a Sony 100-400 GM zoom lens with 1.4X extender on a heavy tripod. Processing with Deepsky Stacker, Pixinsight, and Photoshop.

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M45 and Venus, Cosgrove's Cosmos (Patrick Cosgrove)