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Saturn and Porrima above the Danube


 

Date:28.05.2011 Time:20:53 UT
Exposure:10s Field:38o x 54o
Camera:Nikon D3 Optics:f=35mm, 1/2.8
Place:Upper Danube Valley,
Germany  
Photographer:Till Credner


Planet Saturn has a close encounter with the star Porrima (gamma Virginis) in Virgo during spring 2011. It is the bright pair in the upper right of the image, with Saturn being the brighter one.

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