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Summary: The five brightest
planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter) are converging in the evening sky this
month -- the prelude to a one of the finest planet-gatherings
in years in early May. The Moon and Saturn were remarkably close
together on April 16, when sky watchers in Europe saw an occultation of the ringed planet.
Unless
otherwise stated, all images are copyrighted by the photographers.
See
also our May 2002 Gallery
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Photographer, Location, Date |
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David Zelden,
Thornhill, Ontario Canada, April 29 |
#1, #2 |
Photo details: Canon EOS, Konica 800 ASA 20 second
exposure |
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Bartek
Okonek, Leszno, Poland
April 29 |
#1 |
Photo details: Olympus Camedia 2100UZ 38mm @
f2.8, 16 sec exp., ISO 400 |
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Alessandro
Gambaro, Santa Maria del Taro (PARMA) Emilia Romagna, Italy,
April 27 |
#1 |
Photo details: Fuji Superia 100 ISO; about 15
seconds; Yashica ML 28 f/2.8 Reflex Yashica FX3 s2000 on a minitripod
Mandrotto. |
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Jonathan
Sabin, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, April 23 |
#1 |
All five naked-eye planets are visible in the
frame, as is Lake Tahoe in
the distance. Photo details: 30-second exposure on Kodak Max
800 film (28mm lens) |
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Alessandro
Gambaro, Abbazia di S. Antimo (SIENA) Toscana, Italy, April
22 |
#1 |
Photo details: Fuji Superia 100 ISO; about 15
seconds; Yashica ML 28 f/2.8; Reflex Yashica FX3 s2000 on minitripod
Mandrotto "on the top of my car," says
Gambaro. |
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Stan
Richard, Des Moines, IA
April 18 |
#1, more |
S. Richard: "I captured this shot of the
Moon and Jupiter on April 18 from suburban Des Moines. I used
my Nikon 950 digital camera" |
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Wah!,
Hong Kong, April 16, 2002 |
#1, #2,
#3 |
Wah! captured these images of the April 16th
crescent Moon from the Tsim Sha Tsui
district of Hong Kong. Moon-photo details: CASIO QV-2900UX
with full 8X optical zoom. |
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Denis
Joye, 15 km south of Paris, France, April 16, 2002 |
#1, #2 |
D. Joye captured these images of a close encounter
between the crescent Moon and Saturn using an EPSON 3000 digital
camera held behind a Super Plössl 40mm eyepiece and a MEADE
LX10 8" telescope. |
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Thierry
Legault, 100 km from Paris, France, April 16, 2002 |
#1, #2 |
Photo details: Olympus E-10 digital camera connected
to a 7" Mak-Cass telescope. |
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Dennis
Mammana, San Diego, CA, USA
April 14, 2002 |
#1, #2,
more |
These twilight photos by Dennis Mammana show
the 2-day-old crescent Moon and
Venus side by side, and four
planets in the western sky (annotated). |
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Sal Viviano,
Michigan, USA
April 14, 2002 |
#1, #2 |
Photo details. Moon
and Venus: 200mm piggy back lens at f2.8; Kodak Max 800;exposure
10 sec. Moon with Earthshine:
through the prime focus of a 10" f6.3 LX200 telescope; Kodak
Royal Gold 400; exposure 8 sec. |
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