Conjunction of four planets and a very thin crescent Moon

[SkyViking]

Hi All, it has been cloudy here lately with only a few clear nights, but one of them happened to be on 11/08 which provided for a beautiful view of the recent conjunction.

So I went to Lower Nihotupo Dam which is a large reservoir in the Waitakere Ranges west of Auckland. From here there is a clear view of the western sky and I snapped a couple of images before the very thin crescent Moon dipped below the hills.

The image was taken with Canon PowerShot S5IS @ ISO 400 and is a stack of 4 x 0.5s and 3 x 2.5 s. Inserted are a few close ups taken a litte later of the setting Moon displaying a very bright Earth shine.

Image is available here: http://www.pbase.com/rolfolsen/image/127578785/original

Hope you enjoy, I had a great time.

Regards,
Rolf

[alexch]

Rolf, this is superb and shows you don't always need expensive equipment to produce images that are very interesting to look at.

Well done!

Alex

[StephenM]

That's a beautiful image Rolf!

It looks like you had an almost identical view to mine here (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=64607)! The Moon sure was impressive that evening.

Cheers,
Stephen

[lacad01]

Great work Rolf! :thumbsup:

[SkyViking]

Thank you very much Alex - and congratulations on your latest APOD by the way, it's well deserved :thumbsup:


Thanks Stephen :) Yes it was an awesome sight!


Thank you Adam :)

[h0ughy]

top shot that one - congratulations

[Dietmar]

rolf, the image of the rising crescent moon is terrific!

[Darth Wader]

Nice shots Rolf and Stephen!:thumbsup: