Venus, at magnitude -3.9, is currently brighter than Jupiter (-2.2) and Sirius (-1.4). From my location, Venus sets behind the Bristol Head ridgeline around 8:10 pm MDT.
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| Venus setting |
A clear moonless night was a welcome sight during a brief return to Creede. The sky seemed exceptionally dark, but I did not have a sky-brightness meter to measure it. My guess is 21+ mpsas.
The Zodiacal Light is a diffuse glow caused by sunlight reflecting off cosmic dust in Earth's orbital plane. Most of this dust is thought to originate from the planet Mars.
These images were obtained with an Olympus E-P5 camera with an Olympus 12mm f/2 lens and a Hoya Sparkle-6 filter.
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| The Pleiades touched by Zodiacal Light over Bristol Head. |
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| Orion and Sirius setting over Bristol Head |
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| Orion, Sirius, and Jupiter (top) |
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| Easter-morning moon |
The Easter-morning photo was taken with a Lumix 12-60mm lens.
