Conjunction Colours

[Phil Hart]

Probably about time I posted something in Nightscapes section :).

In my mind prior to last weekend, I wanted to capture the colours of the evening conjunction of Mars, Saturn and Spica. Was going to try blur filters etc but lost it in the trees from where my mount was setup while running a workshop last weekend.

So ended up with Plan B which was out-of-focus star trails. First attempt worked well so I tried for a longer exposure.. this is around 20 minutes. Pentax 300mm lens at ~f5.6 on Canon 5D MarkII at ISO100.

Better quality version and a few more details here: http://philhart.com/content/conjunction-colours

Phil

[Ross G]

Unusual capture Phil, but looks really good.

Ross.

[Nico13]

Very nice capture Phil, great idea to really show the colours. :thumbsup:

[iceman]

Nice work Phil, something a bit different!

[Liz]

The colours look great!!:thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Creative presentation Phil. Nicely done.

I bought and read your time lapse ebook. Very good.

Greg.

[CapturingTheNight]

Great job Phil :thumbsup: Certainly not something you see everyday.

[StephenM]

Nicely captured Phil. And a good idea!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Phil Hart]

thanks all.. it is a little bit random but i like it ok. too abstract for most non-astronomers though i think..

Phil

[iceman]

Well done on APOD today Phil!

Not too abstract for them! :)
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120823.html

[RB]

Congrats Phil, well done on your APOD !

:)

[Phil Hart]

Yippee! :D

[Bassnut]

Wow, top work :thumbsup:

[alexch]

Congrats indeed. It is a great image that shows what we cannot easily see!

Cheers,
Alex

[h0ughy]

well done for the APOD

[StephenM]

Congratulations on the APOD Phil!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Phil Hart]

thanks Mike, Fred, RB, Alex, Houghy, Stephen!

i've submitted a lot of images to APOD but thought this was in with a chance. then after ten days thought i had missed the boat but apparently not. a nice buzz for a thursday afternoon! :)

Phil

[bartman]

So there is hope for any and all......:P
No disrespect Phil !!!!! Great Shot and congrats on the APOD!:D
Anyone / anybody can & should enter their Pics to APOD ........\\\
Cheers
Bartman

[CapturingTheNight]

Congrats on the well deserved APOD Phil

[naskies]

Superb and congrats on the APOD! It's one of those photos that when you see it, you think "of course, that's a fantastic idea" / "I know how to do that!"... but I had never thought to do it before seeing it :) Now I have one more technique to keep in the quiver for when the next conjunction rolls around...

[Phil Hart]

yes Dave.. i know the feeling! the trick is remembering all the different quivers you have and knowing when to pull each one out.