2 planets and 5 moons!

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Hi all,

Here's my image of the Moon-Jupiter-Neptune conjunction early this morning. It's a combination of 2 exposures taken with a tripod-mounted Pentax dSLR and 300mm lens. Neptune is a bit hard to spot, so I've added a 100% crop of the Jup-Neptune region to show Neptune more clearly.

Thanks for looking!

Cheers,
Stephen

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Nice one Stephen.

I thought about that combo myself but couldn't get the lens/camera setup to achieve it. Might have to look at getting a 300mm lens some day. Maybe a nice little apo 'eh

[Dennis]

Lovely work Stephen and a really nice presentation – thanks!

Cheers

Dennis

[Quark (Trevor)]

Another nice effort Stephen,
It really is quite amazing what can be done without a telescope.

Cheers
Trevor

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Great effort there Stephen - quite a range in magnitudes to capture.

[Lumen Miner (Mitchell)]

Nice!! Smashes my cybershot photo!!

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

It was a very pretty conjunction wasn't it. Nice to have clear skies to go with it too. Thanks for posting Stephen.

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Thanks for the comments Paul, Dennis, Trevor, Peter, Mitchell and Jeanette! I'm glad you like the image.

Cheers,
Stephen