Contains:  Solar system body or event
Moon, Venus, Mercury and a flight out of JFK pretending to be a planet on the left=) (Mar 2018), Alexandr Zaytsev

Moon, Venus, Mercury and a flight out of JFK pretending to be a planet on the left=) (Mar 2018)

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Moon, Venus, Mercury and a flight out of JFK pretending to be a planet on the left=) (Mar 2018), Alexandr Zaytsev

Moon, Venus, Mercury and a flight out of JFK pretending to be a planet on the left=) (Mar 2018)

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Observing Moon (just 2.2% disk illumination), Venus (-3.9m, at 1.61au distance) and Mercury (+0.4m at 0.82au distance) low above the Western horizon, and a plane flying out of JFK (what looks like being  of about -4m, at 0.47 micro-au distance=))) complementing the group on the left, as observed from Smith Point, NY on Mar 18, 2018 (single 2sec f/2.3 ISO80 exposure w/ camera on a tripod).

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    Moon, Venus, Mercury and a flight out of JFK pretending to be a planet on the left=) (Mar 2018), Alexandr Zaytsev
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Title: Same view with Moon, Venus and Mercury only, a rare moment without any planes in the view)

Description: (Single 0.4sec f/2.5 ISO80 exposure w/ camera on a tripod.)

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Title: ...and this is a normal amount of air traffic all over the view

Description: (Single 2sec f/2.5 ISO160 exposure w/ camera on a tripod.)

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Moon, Venus, Mercury and a flight out of JFK pretending to be a planet on the left=) (Mar 2018), Alexandr Zaytsev