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Subject: Venus, Castor and Pollux
Date: May 21, 1999
Time: ~9:30pm
Location: Provo, UT
Lens: Macro
F-stop: 1.7
Exposure time: 5, 10s
Filters: none
Film: Kodak Max
ISO/ASA: 800

About the Title:
Venus is an equal distance from Pollux (on the left) and Castor (on the right), the heads of the twins in Gemini. As the goddess of love, Venus' position between the two brothers seems to represent filial love.

Filial Love

Mouse over to draw Gemini constellation lines






This is a combination of a ten-second and a five-second exposure. These pictures were taken when it was still light out, and there was a faint wisp of clouds, so the individual pictures were not very clear. By combining the two pictures, I was able to make the stars and Venus twice as bright, while diminishing somewhat the haze from the clouds. I also enhanced the combination on the computer. See also Isotri.

Draw Gemini constellation lines
Remove Gemini constellation lines