Venus, Mercury and Saturn Conjunction.

Image, showing the conjunction and the jetty at Brighton beach, Adelaide, South Australia - 28 June 2005, approximately 6pm.

Venus is the bright planet at top right. A little above (to the left slightly) is Mercury. Saturn is further off to the left (and below).

Taken with an OLYMPUS 770UZ digital camera, using manual focus. Exposure time was 2 seconds, F3.7.

 


Famous Daisy is proud to announce that this photo has been featured on the APOD (Astronomy Picture Of the Day) site.

The photo was the picture for July 2 2005.