By Stephen Sorensen | 2023-06-11
On 07/08/2023 11:45 am by Richard Tan| San Juan City, Philippines
This photo shows the Planet Venus on the lower right taken before noontime in my area.
To get the general location I used Stellarium mobile app.
To get a pinpoint (exact location) in the sky I used a built in app. on my phone which is Expert Raw Mode (Astro Phitography). It showed a sky guide map based on where my phones' camera was pointing at the sky.
Then I was able to locate the position of Venus and the sun which was a few degree higher.
Finally, just to clarify, I wasn't looking directly at the screen on my phone (my face was away from the sun) and I made several overhead random shots as best as I could with the hope that at least one photo would capture Venus.
This is the best composition among the photos that I captured.
Samsung Galaxy S23
Hand Held
Slight adjustments on the brightness, contrast and shadow using the phones' built in photo editor.