Moon-Venus-Mars

[N1]

This has just gone down, photo was taken an hour ago.

So it's a preview for those further west...

[Tinderboxsky]

Very nice preview, Mirko. Pity the clear skies did not accompany the conjunction as it travelled westward. Clouded out here.

[Sunfish]

Great image. Very crisp.
A little fuzzy with cloud here too.

[Dennis]

We had some cloud in Brisbane too but I managed to grab some nice shots later on, as the clouds began to thin and disperse in the West.:)

Taken from the study window with Canon 300mm tele lens and Canon R5 camera.

The Mars/Venus shot and the last Moon shot are full res crops.

Cheers

Dennis

[Finbar]

Thanks.
Nothing but clouds and drizzle here. :( Scopes are packed away in dry cabinets awaiting decent cold snap and clear skies. So thanks for sharing your shots, the only view some of us will get. :thumbsup:

[N1]

Thanks, glad some got to see it.
Those are dazzlers Dennis! The second one is particularly cool.

[Dennis]

Thanks Mirko, I went against the advice I used to read in observing books by the late Patrick Moore, which stated "never observe from inside your house through an open window".:)

Our study window is the only place where I can find the least obstructed West Horizon, sadly the aspect is directly in line with the light pollution dome from Brisbane.:(

Cheers

Dennis

[N1]

I do that sometimes between chores, because with small kids to look after, it's often either that or nothing. Observing Venus' crescent with the Galileoscope while cooking dinner is a favourite. However I leave the windows shut usually. This has led me to two useful discoveries - 1. our windows are pretty flat, optically, save for a few "zones" and still allow crisp images between 50x and 100x depending on the window and the elevation of the target*, and 2. it's a great way to judge the seeing before setting up anything out back later in the night.

*Not surprisingly, there seems to be an optimum elevation - around 50° perhaps - where the combined effects of looking through the window glass at an angle and atmospheric interference is minimised.