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Moon Venus Camera Lunar
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2020 Jul 17, 05:54 -0700
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2020 Jul 17, 05:54 -0700
Attached are results of a daytime camera Venus lunar using a Canon 10MP Rebel with a 200mm lens. Minutes of arc per pixel on this lens is .0982'. Measured pixels from the Moon's far limb to center Venus is 2800 pixels. Distance comes in at 4° 35.0'. Error in lunar is a respectable 0.3'.
Greg Rudzinski
PS This is a rare snap for me getting the daytime Moon as a crescent.