Conjunction

[Kepis]

Don't know if anyone else saw the conjunction of the Moon, Venus & Jupiter this evening, it was a magical sight low in the southern sky.

For those not in the know, Venus is just below the cresent Moon and Jupiter is top right.

 

[Nagual]

Cool. What did you use to capture that photo?


Nag.

 

[Kepis]

Just a normal Digi SLR and a 300mm Telephoto lens, did think about setting the telescope up, but by the time i had done that the conjunction would have disappeared below the horizon

 

[Toddy]

I saw it when Venus looked almost as though it were dangling off the end of the Moon Beautiful night

cheers,
M

 

[Kepis]

I missed that bit Toddy, i was picking the lad up from after school club

 

[Toddy]

Yeah, but you got a cool photograph
Me, I got an, "Oh look at that! " and it's bye. Wish I'd had the forethought to find the camera

atb,
M

 

[shona]

We must have seen it at the same time as you Mary - although I didn't realise it was Venus, I thought at first it was a plane coming towards us!

Conor spotted it on the way home and we stopped for a while to look. It was a very beautiful sight, I wish I had a camera to hand. We missed Jupiter though.

Is this a one night only event, or is it worth looking out for it tomorrow?

.

 

[Walks with dogs]

Should be able to see all three about 1720 for the next few days dependent on cloud cover.

 

[gregorach]

I missed it, unfortunately. I believe that if you'd been looking at 15:50 GMT, you could have watched Venus being occluded by the Moon.

 

[locum76]

I saw that, thanks for posting the details. I wasn't sure which planet was which.

 

[JohnC]

Saw this while walking home from work,
The space station is also visible now and then, we saw it the other evening while out for run..
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdat...United_Kingdom&region=Scotland&city=Edinburgh

 

[Kepis]

The other good site for ISS spotting is www.heavens-above.com, tap in your Lat & Long and it will give you the times that it will be visable at your location

 

[ganstey]

Excellent pic Kepis. What were the exposure settings? I tried taking some pics of the 1/4 moon a while back. Even taking into account the fact that the camera would over-expose, it was still over-exposed

G

 

[The Cumbrian]

I saw that but didn't know what it was . Thanks for informing me, and an excellent pic.

 

[mentalnurse]

i was in the exersise yard last nite and saw that as we are high up and south facing dident know what it was but i do now , thanks

 

[Kepis]

Excellent pic Kepis. What were the exposure settings? I tried taking some pics of the 1/4 moon a while back. Even taking into account the fact that the camera would over-expose, it was still over-exposed

G

Camera settings, erm yes well, i cant remember the exact settings tbh i had the aperture on an auto setting and a cable release with a manual count, think that one above was around a 2-3 second exposure, i do know the ISO was set at 200 though so i didnt get graining on the pic, this is where i love digital, i took over 100 shots, to get just the one good one .

Nowt wrong with over exposed shots of the Moon though, you can get some great Earthshine shots that way, the illuminated part of the moon in this shot was deliberately overexposed to capture the Earthshine on the unlit part of the Moon

 

[silvergirl]

I was in the car witht he kids when Venus was re-emerging from behind the moon,
it looked like the moon had grown a strange pimple.

My son saw it and said, "Wow someone's having a campfire on the moon! Can we do that?"

 

[Kepis]

Managed a great shot this evening, an ISS trail (light reflecting off the International Space Station on a long exposure shot to get the trail) and the continued conjunction of Venus and Jupiter, the two bright stars at the bottom of the picture.

Well chuffed as it's the first time i have tried to photograph the ISS.

Ok it's not a bushie subject, but it's still a good excuse to be outside

 

[ganstey]

Camera settings, erm yes well, i cant remember the exact settings tbh i had the aperture on an auto setting and a cable release with a manual count, think that one above was around a 2-3 second exposure, i do know the ISO was set at 200 though so i didnt get graining on the pic, this is where i love digital, i took over 100 shots, to get just the one good one .

Nowt wrong with over exposed shots of the Moon though, you can get some great Earthshine shots that way, the illuminated part of the moon in this shot was deliberately overexposed to capture the Earthshine on the unlit part of the Moon

The exposure settings maybe in the EXIF information in the JPEG file, but it has come through on the file posted. Thanks anyway.

My image was so over-exposed, that even adjusting by -3 stops in the RAW version it was still a shiny fuzzy blob Must remember to use manual settings next time.

G