Venus 2 days before inferior conjunction, March 26 (at dawn), 2009. Taken from home, with 200mm telephoto lens, Canon 20Da camera, exposure metered.
The paths of the Space Station and Space Shuttle almost superimposed on each other but appearing in the sky a minute or so apart as they rose out of the west, with the Shuttle chasing the ISS. Venus and Jupiter are in close conjunction low in the southwest at left. This was with the Canon 20Da camera and 15mm Canon full-frame fish-eye lens at f/2.8, for a set of 19 exposures of 15 seconds each. A composite from downsized JPG originals only.
Sagittarius setting taken from Three Rivers Foundation Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus site near Crowell Texas - October 28 2008 - with 24mm lens and Canon 20Da for stack of 2 x 2 minute exposures at f/2.8 and ISO 400.
