Venus, Regulus, Mars, Saturn & Iridium 72

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Hi all,

There was a nice Iridium flare at 6:07 this evening in Brisbane. Predicted mag was -7, although I don't think it was quite that bright. Anyway, I was able to fit it in the same field as the Venus-Regulus conjunction and Mars and Saturn. The second image shows the planets a few minutes after the flare.

Thanks for looking.

Cheers,
Stephen

[Liz]

Lovely images Stephen, and great catch with the Iridium!!

[Quark (Trevor)]

Lovely images Stephen, a job very well done.

Regards
Trevor

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Thanks Liz and Trevor!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Dennis]

Hi Stephen

Now that is just being plain greedy…not content with any 2 of them, you have to bag the whole lot… Venus, Regulus, Mars, Saturn and an Iridium satellite!

Great capture!

Cheers

Dennis

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Originally Posted by Dennis

Now that is just being plain greedy…not content with any 2 of them, you have to bag the whole lot… Venus, Regulus, Mars, Saturn and an Iridium satellite!

Thanks Dennis! When I first identified the location of this flare using Stellarium I wasn't sure if I'd be able to fit them all in, but it worked out OK using my 18-50 lens at 18mm.

Cheers,
Stephen

[peeb61 (Paul)]

Nice capture Stephen, Iridium flares always make a good party piece.

Paul

[michaellxv (Michael)]

Nice capture Stephen. I was admiring them all in a line last night, they look good together.

[luigi]

This is a very nice image I like the photo a lot.

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Thanks Paul, Michael and Luis! Glad you like it.

Cheers,
Stephen

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Nice work getting them all in together

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Thanks Adam. There's not too many opportunities to get an Iridium flare and 3 planets in the one shot!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Ric]

Top shot Stephen.

You got the lot with that one, thats what I call value for money.

Cheers