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Image: Venus-Jupiter Conjunction of June 30, 2015

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Description: June 30, 2015 - Venus and Jupiter come close together in a planetary conjunction; they came approximately 1/3 a degree apart. In this picture's foreground stands a Celestron Powerseeker 60AZ telescope. The conjunction had been nicknamed the "Star of Bethlehem." The picture was taken with a Pentax Optio RZ10 camera.
Title: Venus-Jupiter Conjunction of June 30, 2015
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Author: Biochemistry2016
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