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Venus and Moon Getting Closer

As promised, the Moon has appeared to creep closer to Venus.

This is a rare view of the Moon. Looking through my archives, the only time I photographed a similar phase was after the 2017 Solar Eclipse.

The mallard and their brethren receive attention on my blog from time to time.

So I did what any amateur astrophotographer would do…I got out my iPhone, set it to “Pano” mode, and took the accompanying long picture.

See the first image in this post? You should notice two issues with it.

I intentionally rerouted my evening walk so I could get a better perspective on both the Moon and Venus.

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On a side note, I missed the Perseid meteors this year as the sky was bad most of last week.

On the same day I took my recent Saturn and Jupiter images, approximately 18 hours afterward, I went for an evening stroll.

Why did I wait to 1am to photograph Saturn a few days ago? Because it had to clear the trees blocking my South sky view.

Though it was difficult at times to locate Saturn, I think the results were good.