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There are such things as a "solstice" or a "lunastice" when the Sun or Moon reaches its maximum point south (or north) in the sky and "stands still" before reversing direction and heading back the other way, but what about a "Venustice"? Today on Oct 3 Venus has reached its farthest south setting point along the horizon and turns around to race back towards its inferior conjunction with the Sun on Oct 24th. Its progress moving south (left) along the horizon is shown with several timelapses taken during September and its turnaround point in October. Spica is included too since it was close to Venus for the first timelapse on Sep 7th.
Predicted set times and azimuths provided by Sky Safari Pro 6.
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#1: Composite of timelapses for these dates: Sep 7, 17, 25, Oct 3
Photo data (for Oct 3 timelapse):
Panasonic GX8, Lumix 100-300mm lens @ 100mm, tripod
... 87 frames x (f/4, aperture priority, ISO 400)
... cadence: 15 sec; timespan: 7:24pm-7:45pm MDT
... stacking: startrails.exe; editing: PSP 2023
... date: Oct 3, 2026
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