The Moon and Jupiter Conjunction

[CapturingTheNight]

Hi all,
I actually forgot about this close conjunction until when I went outside in the morning to pack away my timelapse gear (trying to capture Perseid meteors) and I noticed how close they were together.
I quickly setup the mount (no alignment- just plonked it down) and telescope and started snapping some images. Getting the Moon and a planet in the same telescope field of view has been a goal of mine ever since I first got the scope.
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Two image composite: One single frame for The Moon and Jupiter and another single overexposed frame to show up the moons of Jupiter.
Canon 1000D
10" F/4 Newt
NEQ6 Pro Goto Mount

Cheers

Greg

[Derek Klepp]

nicely done

[saysme]

Nice.

[Dennis]

Nice and razor sharp – just how I like my Moon photos!

Cheers

Dennis

[Rod771]

Well done Greg! Your photography is very inspiring. :thumbsup:

[Liz]

Looks fabulous Greg, well done!!

[Peter Ward]

I love images like this....gives some real sense of scale to our solar system.

I did something similar (http://www.atscope.com.au/skypics/jupmoon.jpg) some years ago but like your rendition better.

Nicely done :thumbsup:

[iceman]

Fantastic work Greg! I had no idea they were so close.

[CapturingTheNight]

Thank you so much for the great feedback everyone. I really appreciate it :D



Thats an awesome capture Peter :thumbsup: I would have loved to get as much detail in Jupiter as you managed but I know my DSLR/Telescope combo isn't a great planetary setup. I tried to stack a few frames together but couldn't salvage much due to the poor alignment and seeing conditions. I just chose the sharpest single frame and went with it.

[Matt Wastell]

Sweet! I am sorry I missed it live!!!!

[CapturingTheNight]

Thank you very much Matt :D

[gaa_ian]

Another chance this month for an even closer conjunction on the morning of the 9th of Sept !