The rising waning crescent Moon west of the trio of dawn planets: Venus (brightest), Mars (to the right) and Saturn (to the lower left) clustered together low in the southeast on March 27, 2022. They were all grouped in Capricornus at this time. This was from home in Alberta at my latitude of 51° N. The Moon was unusually low as it was near its maximum of 5° below the ecliptic at this time. By coincidence, the band of darker clouds more or less marks the line of the ecliptic. This is a single shot with the RF70-200mm lens at 80mm and f/4 and the Canon EOS Ra at ISO 400 for 3.2 seconds.
The grouping of Venus (brightest at upper centre), flanked by Saturn (lower left and embedded in the bright twilight) and Mars (lower right), all very low in the southeast dawn sky on March 23, 2022. Venus was then near its greatest elongation west of the Sun. This is a single image (1 second at f/4) with the 70-200mm RF zoom lens at 74mm and Canon EOS Ra at ISO 200, taken from home in southern Alberta. A more tightly framed version shot at a longer focal length is also available.
A close-up framing of the grouping of Venus (brightest at upper centre), flanked by Saturn (lower left and embedded in the bright twilight) and Mars (lower right), all very low in the southeast dawn sky on March 23, 2022. Venus was then near its greatest elongation west of the Sun. This is a single image (1 second at f/4) with the 70-200mm RF zoom lens at 126mm and Canon EOS Ra at ISO 200, taken from home in southern Alberta. A more widely framed context version shot at a shorter focal length is also available.
