Venus low in the evening twilight between the Hyades (left) and Pleiades (right) star clusters in Taurus, on April 27, 2018. I shot this from the Hors

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Venus low in the evening twilight between the Hyades (left) and Pleiades (right) star clusters in Taurus, on April 27, 2018. I shot this from the Horsethief Canyon viewpoint on the Red Deer River north of Drumheller, Alberta. This is a stack of 6 x 13-second exposures at ISO 400 for the ground to smooth noise, and one 8-second exposure at ISO 800 for the sky to minimize trailing. All at f/4 with a 35mm lens on the Canon 60Da for increased red sensitivity in the sky colours. The smaller f/4 aperture added the diffraction spikes on Venus “naturally” in camera.

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