Close conjunction tonight

[Rob_K]

A shot of the close conjunction between Mercury & Spica tonight.

22/151 frames MAP stacked in Registax V4. NexImage through 114x900 reflector, captured on the drift. Just couldn't quite fit them both in the frame with 2x Barlow :doh:. Rotated, cropped & titled in PS CS 2, but no other adjustment to image.

Looked quite spectacular visually!

Cheers -

[erick]

Yes, that was a lovely sight. Thanks for the photo Rob.

[WadeH]

Very nice picture Rob, you can even see the phase on Mercury. :thumbsup:

Widefield was great also, I just happened to look westward and thought WOW thats close, were is the camera?

[jjjnettie]

Great photos Rob and Wade.
After watching them get closer every evening, I missed it.
We had a thunderstorm instead. Still, the rain was nice.

[Rob_K]

Thanks all, and nice shot there Wade! :thumbsup: My wide shots didn't turn out too well - this was probably the best of them (400D).

Cheers -