Moon-Mercury-Jupiter-Mars conjunction 23Feb09

[StephenM]

Hi all,

Here's an image of this morning's conjunction taken from Brisbane. I decided to zoom in a bit (using the 70-300mm telephoto at 70mm) to try and capture some detail in the Earthshine. I hope you like the result.

There's also a shot of Comet Lulin approaching Saturn, taken about 20 minutes earlier using the same lens. It was a great way to start the week, with comet and conjunction!

Thanks for looking.

Cheers,
Stephen

[h0ughy]

nice shots Stephen

[RB]

Very nice shots Stephen, the conjunction shot is sharp !

[Garyh]

nicely framed there Stephen! Tried also but only managed a few shots with a bit of fog in them. But at least I also got a look!

[iceman]

Nicely captured! You suffered the same as mine, that the longer focal length views have some trailing in them. They really need to be piggy backed and tracked.

I might try that tomorrow morning.

[StephenM]

Thanks guys!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Analog6]

Great work. What exposure etc for the comet, please, as I'n going to try again tonight.

[StephenM]

Thanks Odille.

For this shot I was using a 70-300mm telephoto at 70mm, but you will be able to use 300mm tonight (as I did in the newer thread started this morning) because the comet is closer to Saturn. Exposure times etc depend a bit on the camera, but I would try a range of about 6-20 sec with the aperture fully open (e.g. f/4.5-5.6), and sensitivity set at 1600 iso or thereabouts. Just try a few shots with these settings in mind and adjust as you go along.

Good luck. Let us know how you get on.

Cheers,
Stephen