Moon, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, and Earth
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Moon and 4 Planets
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Optics: Sigma 8mm EXDG Fisheye lens at f/5.0
Mount: Orion XHD Paragon Plus tripod
Camera: Canon EOS 40DG (UV/IR filter modification by Hap Griffin)
Exposure: 50 seconds [ 5 x 10 seconds ] at ISO 100
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Location: Claremont, CA
Date December 31, 2008 at 5:47PM
Notes: On-camera image acquisition (CF card). Align, combine, sharpen, resize, crop, and conversion to JPG in Photoshop. This image is the center ~70% of the full frame.

Additional views:
With 28mm lens
With 200mm lens

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