Moon, Regulus, Mars and Saturn over Brisbane Water, Central Coast.

[iceman (Mike)]

Hi all

A cloudy afternoon finally cleared after sunset to reveal the beautiful straight line conjunction of the crescent moon, regulus, Mars and Saturn.

They made a very nice sight in the West - although for some passers by the beauty still alluded them as they asked "What are you photographing?".

I almost missed it - I had a set time agenda (had to be home by 6:30pm) and the thick cloud was the slowest moving cloud i'd had the misfortune to be waiting to move. It finally revealed the conjunction at about 6:10pm - giving me 10 minutes to photograph it and 10 minutes to get home

Canon 350D, sigma 17-70mm lens @ 17mm. ISO400, 5-10s exposures.

Thanks

[renormalised (Carl)]

Nice piccie, Mike. I did miss it....clouds

[erick (Eric)]

Nice pics of the conjunction, Mike

[h0ughy (David)]

nice photos mike

[Dennis]

As usual Mike, top stuff from the Salway lens! My favourite is #1. The foreground setting of the marina is absolutely stunning.

Cheers

Dennis

[iceman (Mike)]

Thanks guys.

The now infamous (thanks to some dirty pollies) Iguana's is on the far right in that first shot. They're not open on a Sunday night so the blue lights weren't on.

[Dennis]

LOL! Thanks for the geo-political lesson Mike!

Cheers

Dennis

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Spectacular shots as always Mike!

[RB (Andrew)]

Very nice shots Mike.

LOL I've been toying with the idea of doing Iguana Joe's in HDR.

[gmbfilter (Geoff)]

Don't get those Iguana Blue's on a Saturday night. Terrific shots though Mike.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

I've been watching them all last week, waiting for this.
Now the clouds have set in.
Thanks for posting Mike.

[Matty P (Matt)]

Lovely images Mike.

I was able to observe this conjuntion in between some cloud last night. A beautiful sight.