Jupiter (brightest) and Mars (dimmer, just to the right of Jupiter) in a very close conjunction (about 16 arc minutes or 1/4 degree apart) on the morn

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Jupiter (brightest) and Mars (dimmer, just to the right of Jupiter) in a very close conjunction (about 16 arc minutes or 1/4 degree apart) on the morning of January 6, 2018. The double star Alpha Librae, or Zubenelgenubi, is to the right of the planet pair and resolved here. Two of the moons of Jupiter are also resolved. I shot this from home on a mild winter morning but with cloud moving in from the west, so the timing was perfect. This is a stack of 4 exposures mean combined for the ground to smooth noise and one exposure for the sky, all at f/4 with the Sigmas 50mm lens and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 800. Twilight and moonlight illuminate the sky and ground. Framed with a Rule of Thirds composition.

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Photo credit: © Alan Dyer / VWPics / Alamy / Afripics
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