The Planetary Conjunction of June 2005

The summer of 2005 provided a rare opportunity to see three naked-eye planets very close together in the western sky after sunset. Scroll down to see how the planetary pattern changed as the days went by.

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June 23, 2005, 8:48 p.m. MST. Phoenix, Arizona. f/2.8, 8 seconds. L-R: Saturn, Venus, Mercury.


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June 24, 2005, 8:28 p.m. MST. South of Phoenix, Arizona. f/4, 6 seconds. L-R: Saturn, Venus, Mercury, Pollux, Castor.


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June 25, 2005, 8:30 p.m. MST. Near Flagstaff, Arizona. f/4, 4 seconds. L-R: Saturn, Venus, Mercury.


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June 26, 2005, 8:34 p.m. MST. Phoenix, Arizona. f/4, 6 seconds. L-R: Venus, Mercury. Saturn below.


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June 27, 2005, 8:31 p.m. MST. South of Phoenix, Arizona. f/4, 4 seconds. L-R: Mercury, Venus. Saturn below.


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June 30, 2005, 8:34 p.m. MST. Phoenix, Arizona. f/4, 5 seconds. L-R: Mercury, Venus. Saturn to lower right, just above tree.

All photos taken using Fuji Provia 100F slide film with Olympus OM-1 35mm camera on fixed tripod, 100mm lens, scanned with Nikon Coolscan LS-2000.

Revised: November 4, 2009
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