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Conjunctions occur when two celestial bodies appear aligned from our perspective on Earth. Such an alignment occured between Mercury and Venus on the evenings of May 21-22, 2020. The planets passed within 1° of each other.

The image (above) was captured with an Orion ED80 Telescope and a Canon T2i camera (prime focus). The planets were 1.04° apart when the image was captured.

I captured the image from the west side of the Mesilla Valley Mall. The sky was crystal clear, but there was some wind from the WNW.

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Telescope:

Orion ED80