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Crescent Moon with Earthshine, Venus, Jupiter, Spica

The crescent Moon with Earthshine sets in the gloaming along with the brightest planet, Venus (upper left), the largest planet, Jupiter (upper right), and the star Spica (left).

Exposure Data
  • Lens: Canon 70 - 200mm f/2.8 USM IS L Zoom lens working at 130mm focal length
  • F/stop: f/4
  • Exposure: 1 second exposure
  • Mount: Fixed tripod
  • Camera: Canon EOS 20Da DSLR
  • Mode: JPEG Fine Large
  • ISO: 400
  • White Balance: Daylight
  • In-Camera Noise Reduction: On
  • Filter: None
  • Temp: NR
  • Time 8:13 p.m. EDT
  • Date September 6, 2005
  • Location: Voorhees, NJ
  • Calibration: None
  • Processing: Standard in-camera JPEG processing, cropped, white point adjusted in Photoshop CS1.



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