Moon and Venus
A Close Pairing

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Optics: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L II lens at f/5.0
Mount: Orion XHD Paragon Plus tripod
Camera: Canon EOS 40DG (UV/IR filter modification by Hap Griffin)
Exposure: 1/10th second
Accessories:
Location: Claremont, CA
Date December 31, 2008 at 5:57PM
Notes: On-camera image acquisition (CF card). Align, combine, sharpen, resize, crop, and conversion to JPG in Photoshop.

Also from the same night:
With fisheye (8mm) lens
With 28mm lens

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