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Blogs > loveisamyth > loveisamyth, stars are forever


loveisamyth 68M
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7/29/2015 1:49 pm

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7/30/2015 2:04 pm
DAYTIME PLANETS
Usually, astronomers wait until the sun sets to start taking pictures of the heavens. Yesterday (July 28th) in Malaysia, astrophotographer Shahrin Ahmad showed that darkness is not required. "I photographed four planets in broad daylight," he says. Here they are bracketed by the sun and Moon.



From left to right are crescent-shaped Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, and ringed Saturn. "We were blessed with a good clean sky over Sri Damansara," says Ahmad. "Mercury was surprisingly easy to spot, despite the fact that it was located about 5º from the Sun."

This kind of daytime astronomy is made possible, in part, by modern GOTO telescopes. Once the computerized telescope is aligned on the sky, it can find planets and other objects at any time of day. Some targets, like Venus, are arguably more beautiful when surrounded by daytime blue than nighttime black.

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