Photography by Dave Schmahl

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Date:  Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Time:  8:25 PM

Location:  Vista, California. 

Camera: Canon 60D, 1000 ISO
Lens: 60 mm, f/5
Exposure: 1/40 sec., unguided.
Temperature: ~65 degrees, no wind (lots of mosquitoes)

A rare conjunction of Jupiter, Venus and Mercury. Compare this image to one from Tuesday and see how the configuration of the planets has changed in only one day.

Hover over the image until the planet's
labels appear.