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Planetary Conjunction

During evening twilight of 23rd March, 2004, several naked eye planets were visible, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter. This particular evening involved a 3 day old crescent moon. Unfortunatly I could not fit Saturn or Jupiter into the frame, so this picture shows (from the very bottom, upwards, Mercury, the Moon, Venus, Mars and Aldebaran.

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Date/Location: 23rd March, 2004  Canewdon, Essex
Equipment: 28mm Zuiko Lens
Camera/Exposure: OM1 - approx 16 seconds on E200 slide film
Processing: Scanned with a Minolta D'Image Scan Dual II and Vuescan software
Notes: 10 minutes prior to taking picture it was raining very heavy. In case you need it pointing out, Mercury is two thirds along the bottom of the picture from the right in the small gap in clouds.

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