Mars and Venus Oct 4

Liz · #1 04-10-2007, 05:48 AM

Took these this am, a bit of movement on shaky tripod. Mars is the bright reddish dot left of the moon in first pic, well under Orion.

iceman (Mike) · #2 04-10-2007, 06:39 AM

Hi Liz
What camera are you using? What ISO and exposure?

Are they internal reflections in the second pic (under the bright venus)?

I'm wondering if the crescent phase shown in the reflections is due to the camera shake or the crescent phase of venus, captured in the reflection.

DJVege · #3 04-10-2007, 08:28 AM

Could someone point out Mars to me on the first image? I can't see it.

jakob · #4 04-10-2007, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by DJVege

Could someone point out Mars to me on the first image? I can't see it.

I think its the bright one.

Liz · #5 04-10-2007, 08:13 PM

Yes, DVerge, JaKob is correct in that labelling, thanks JaKob.
Forgot to say, in my hurry to send them off before I went to work, but in the Venus picture, Regulus is below Venus, and then Saturn.
Hey Mike, my camera is a Minolta Dimage - not an SLR, but has lots of dials that I change settings - this was 30 sec at ISO 800 F3.5, but had to hide Moon under the trees as very overexposed in other pics.
ALso, well done on your great Milky Way picture over in US

davidpretorius · #6 05-10-2007, 07:02 PM

again, you have done well