Venus, Jupiter and the International Space Station

[iceman]

Last night was another beautiful clear evening and Eliza, Jacob and I were out at Long Jetty for his scouts bike ride.

Eliza and I joined in on part of the ride and I took the opportunity to take my camera and tripod along to capture the conjunction. I had also read during the day that there was an ISS transit, and had hoped that I would be able to capture them in the same frame.

It worked out better than I expected, and was able to capture Venus, Jupiter and the International Space Station transiting just past the conjunction of the planets. It was a magnificent sight as my daughter Eliza and I watched the show over the serene Tuggerah Lake at Long Jetty.

Captured with a Canon 5D Mark II, 24-105mm lens @24mm, 8s exposures @ f/10, ISO800. 2.5 minutes of total exposure.

Eliza and I talked about the astronauts currently on board the ISS and she asked whether they’d be looking down at us :) I explained to her that they orbit the Earth every 1.5 hours and they get 15 sunrises and sunsets every day! She was amazed.

- Large (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/download/219)
- Blog (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/2012/03/14/venus-jupiter-and-the-iss-over-tuggerah-lake/)

Thanks for looking.

[Deeno]

Nice grab Mike!

Must get out and have a look for myself

[El Paso Eric]

Excellent!

[rogerg]

Nice colours Mike :)

Do your kids get sick of you stopping to take photo's?:) Do you get "come on dad, not another photo! can't we just ride?" ? :)

[Clayton]

Very pretty :)

[iceman]

Thanks guys!

And yes, Roger - it's always the problem on family holidays too :) Though Eliza was quite patient with me on this night, thankfully :)

I tried to make it fun and we had a big icecream at the end ;)

But she did enjoy watching the ISS with me.

[astronobob]

Nicely done Mike, dig the colors & scenery too ! !

[iceman]

Thanks Bob!