Venus and Mars in close conjunction in the dawn sky on October 5, 2017. Venus is the brightest object; Mars is below it; while the star above Venus is 4th magnitude Sigma Leonis. The foreground is illuminated by light from the setting Full Moon in the west.<br />
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This is a single 3.2-second exposure with the 135mm lens at f/3.5 and Canon 60Da at ISO 800. Being stopped down, the lens provided some diffraction spikes on Venus.