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Community photo entitled  by Bob Kelly on 03/26/2023 at Ardsley, NY, USA

On 03/26/2023 07:30 pm by Bob Kelly| Ardsley, NY, USA

I was looking for Mercury and Jupiter together in my 8x30 image stabilized binoculars. I found Mercury but I thought it was Jupiter. When I took the photos, I didn't see Jupiter until later. In binoculars, Jupiter looked like a distinct disk, wider than point-like Mercury. I was surprised Jupiter wasn't too much brighter than Mercury, in part because its light was spread out.
Mercury and Jupiter will be closer together tonight (Monday), but the weather forecast is for rain, so I went out Sunday evening to get this photo.

Canon XS camera on tripod with 250mm zoom lens.

None - added labels in Photoshop Elements 15.