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Community photo entitled  by Dr Ski on 09/08/2019 at Valencia Observatory

On 09/08/2019 07:52 pm by Dr Ski | Valencia Observatory

On the way to it's rendezvous with Saturn, the Moon passed by the 5th magnitude pair of orange giant suns nu1 and nu2 Sagittarii. The pair is not gravitationally bound; nu1 is 1,100 Lys distant and nu2 is 270 Lys distant. Saturn is in the same binocular field of view as the pair. Check it out!

Canon EOS M10, 90mm Mak-Cas
Prime focus at 60x
1/2s, ISO1600