Mercury, below centre at magnitude -0.6, at greatest eastern elongation in the evening twilight on February 10, 2020, with brilliant Venus, at magnitude -4.2, high above. Mercury was 18° east of the Sun, while Venus was 42° east of the Sun. Venus will be at greatest elongation on March 24 this year. This is a single shot with the Canon 35mm lens and Canon 6D MkII.
The rising Full Moon of February 8, 2020, over the Alberta prairie with deer wandering across the field in the distance. This night the Moon rose about 7 hours before the moment of actual Full Moon so it was rising well before sunset, with the Sun still well up the southwest but amid some cloud so it was not directly lighting the landscape. The brighter sky meant that a single exposure could capture the sky without overexposing the lunar disk. This is a panorama of 5 images with the 200mm lens and 1.4x teleconvertor on the Canon 6D MkII camera. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw,
The rising Full Moon of February 8, 2020, over the Alberta prairie. This night the Moon rose about 7 hours before the moment of actual Full Moon so it was rising well before sunset, with the Sun still well up the southwest but amid some cloud so it was not directly lighting the landscape. The brighter sky meant that a single exposure could capture the sky without overexposing the lunar disk. This is a single image with the 200mm lens and 1.4x teleconvertor on the Canon 6D MkII camera.
