Deep Sky Object in Winter
Great approach of the Venus & Pleiades (April 3, 2004)


Date & Time: Apr 3 2004, from 18:56 to 19:00 JST(+0900)
Composed 3 shots with 4 second exposed
Optical: TAMURON SP f=180mmF2.5, Aperture: F2.5
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Digital Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S2Pro
Location: Kokubunji city, Tokyo

Camera Settings: Recording Format...JPEG-FINE(3024×2016)
CCD Sensitivity...ISO400, White Balance...Auto


In evening of April 3, 2004, we could appreciate the great approach of the Venus and Pleiades (M45).
In that day it was thin clouds covered but I can detect this beautiful sky event with a binocular. The apparent distance between the Venus and the Melope, the southern bright star in M45, was only 27 arc minutes. The Venus has a shape of like the half Moon and a brightness of about -4.5th magnitude.

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