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Originally Posted by glend
I have just been looking at Sky Safari for the night's prior to the conjunction, and there seem to be good opportunities to do some test imaging leading up to the actual conjunction on the 21st. Saturn and Jupiter are very close for a number of nights prior, and certainly can be captured in a single field shot, which could be useful for practicing your exposures. Also you can grab them at a slightly higher altitudes it would seem. Check out Sky Safari, or Stellarium or whatever you use for dates like the 17th. On Thursday the 17th at 8:55pm they are at 15 degrees altitude and already close enough in my opinion to get a good image of the two in the same frame, they seem to be less than 1 degree apart based on Sky Safari data. Maybe don't worry about the actual conjunction shot and go for getting them both in the same frame, which is pretty unique in itself.
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Yes, I had given that thought too. I was reminded of that adage that goes "The perfect is the enemy of the good." And on that basis, perhaps getting some images in the day or so preceding the 21st may be a "good" idea.
Peter