Mars at opposition and Moon at perigee

Posted by THETOM
on Sunday, January 31, 2010

Attached is a photo taken on January 29, 2010, at 8:20 PM showing Mars at opposition and the Moon at perigee. This photo is a composite of two pictures taken with a Sony DSC-F707 camera using a 10x zoom. The picture of Mars was taken at F2.4 aperture at a shutter speed of 1/10 set at ISO 100. The picture of the Moon was taken at F6.3 aperture at a shutter speed of 1/1000 set at ISO 100. The final picture was combined and processed in PStudio, software provided by Sony. I took this picture out through my garage door, it was to cold and windy to go out to the scope that night, but I did enjoy this view for a short while and periodically checked it out during the evening to watch the two progress together across the sky from east to west.

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