Planets:  Venus (in Leo)

Location: Rushing River Campground, Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, ON
Date: 2018-07-13
Time: 9:30 PM - 11:00 PM EDT
Equipment: Visual
Transparency: Very Good (4)
Seeing: Very Good (4)

Clear skies and no cloud. We had our chairs on the Lake Superior shoreline within inches of the water. Mama duck and 7 ducklings swam past us within arm's reach - their fear of humans was not evident.

Sitting on the narrow shore, we watched as the sun set over the Sleeping Giant and the stars begin to appear. A beautiful night on the shores of Lake Superior.

   
Duck family at Rushing River Campground
© Jerry Black. D600, ISO 800, 1/250 sec @ f/4.5

Venus (in Leo)
Time: 10:45 PM CDT
Instrument: Visual 

Venus was only about 7º above the western horizon, near Regulus in Leo. The planet was first located at 9:47 PM. 

Sunset behind the Sleeping Giant (photo taken at 10:18 PM EDT)
© Judy Black. iPhone 6s Plus, ISO 80, 1/4 sec @ f/2.2

 

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