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.
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