This december Jupiter and Saturns position in the sky are very close. This is a very rare event. I hiked above the fog to capture it before clouds rolled in for the next few days.
The Great Conjunction
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Jupiter, Mars & Saturn 2020
Venus with 200mm reflector
Without an UV or deep violet filter, the Venusian atmosphere appears very bland, but the phase is very prominent in this image.
Saturn 2019
Jupiter 2019
Moon – Jupiter conjunction 03.01.2019
When my wife noticed the beautiful thin crescent moon in a gap in the clouds I rushed to the deck on our roof, to take a picture of the conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter. At first I went bare-footed, but after a few seconds I couldn’t stand the snow under my bare soles, and put on some slippers. But I was still only wearing my sleeping attire, boxer shorts and a worn-out T-shirt. Temperature was -5°C.
Read MoreClavius, Vallis Alpes, etc.. and Venus!
Today I pointed the 20cm Newtonian telescope again towards the moon. Shortly after first quarter quite a few nice landscapes are visible.
All images were captured as 120s AVI files using a 3x Barlow lens and the QHY5IIc camera.
Crater Clavius
Venus and Mercury conjunction
Venus and Mercury conjunction in a hazy sky. Image taken with 300mm lens at f/5.6, 1/25s, ISO 400, cropped.
Saturn and Jupiter, 2017-06-11
Jupiter gets lower and lower each night, while Saturn is nearing Opposition.
Saturn, Astro-Physics 127mm f/8 refractor, Televue 3x Barlow, QHY5L-IIc, 60% of 2259 frames.
Processed with Autostakkert (Stacking) , Registax (Wavelet Sharpening), Fitswork (de-noise and iterative Gauss sharpenging) and Photoshop (Color and Gamma adjustment).
Jupiter 6.6.2017
Due to a cold front that just had passed earlier today, the air was quite unstable. Therefore today’s shots turned out quite unsharp.
Astro-Physics 127mm f/8, 2x Vixen Barlow, QHY5L-IIc camera. Read More