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Jupiter and Venus on February 28, 2023, JDJ

Jupiter and Venus on February 28, 2023

Jupiter and Venus on February 28, 2023, JDJ

Jupiter and Venus on February 28, 2023

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Imaged Venus and Jupiter at nightfall on February 28, 2023.  Images taken at 18:49 pm EST (11:49 in UTC).  Jupiter and Venus are getting quite close, with conjunction at ~0.5 degrees separation tomorrow night.  The forcast looks mixed, so fingers crossed...

For more info, see: https://earthsky.org/tonight/bright-planets-west-after-sunset-venus-and-jupiter-conjunction-feb-mar-2023/

Imaged with a Nikon D750 and 28-300 mm Nikon zoom lens at 70 mm focal length and F/4.8.  Captured three exposures were 05, 1.0, 2.0 seconds at ISO-800.  HDR image generated using EasyHDR3.

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Jupiter and Venus on February 28, 2023, JDJ