Venus/Jupiter Conjunction...With a Little Help From Saturn

After sunset on Sunday, November 24, 2019, the planets Venus and Jupiter set in the western sky within about one degree of each another and provided a beautiful display for sky viewers. Venus shown at -3.93 magnitude and Jupiter at -1.84. This image (above), captured at 5:36 pm CST,  is a 1.3 second exposure at f/5.6, ISO 200 and 55mm focal length. The camera looks west from Alburnett Road and Flight Drive in Marion, Iowa. Air temperature was 39 degrees F.

Also in the same general vicinity of the Venus/Jupiter conjunction was the 0.58 magnitude planet Saturn (upper left). Image is a 1.6 second exposure at f/5.6, ISO 200 and 25mm focal length. In the foreground is the Bowman Meadows housing development. Official sunset on this day was 4:39 pm. Nikon D7200 DSLR camera.