"A Magical Summer Night" with The Moon & Planet Venus: View from Hungary
Astrophotographer Ujvárosi Beáta: "The close conjunction of Moon and Venus was a beautiful sight in itself, but as we are in the middle of firefly season, I attempted to capture both phenomena on the same image. I used an 55 mm f1.2 lens at f1.2 to capture a video (few minutes long) and take an image at f2 immediately after without moving the camera (a Sony a7s, known for its low light performance). I then extracted the frames from the video and stacked them so the flight trails of the fireflies appear as dots. I then blended this with the still image to achieve a good quality background and avoid the trailing of the celestial objects. I am happy with the result, I feel I could capture the atmosphere of that evening."
In astronomy, a conjunction refers to an event where two or more celestial bodies appear to meet or pass each other in the sky. A conjunction is an apparent phenomenon caused by an observer's perspective. However, the two objects involved are not actually close to one another in space.
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, both Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west.
Location: Vácrátót, Hungary
Image Date: June 17, 2026
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