Close conjunction tonight

Rob_K · #1 22-09-2007, 09:41 PM

A shot of the close conjunction between Mercury & Spica tonight.

22/151 frames MAP stacked in Registax V4. NexImage through 114x900 reflector, captured on the drift. Just couldn't quite fit them both in the frame with 2x Barlow

. Rotated, cropped & titled in PS CS 2, but no other adjustment to image.

Looked quite spectacular visually!

Cheers -

erick (Eric) · #2 22-09-2007, 09:58 PM

Yes, that was a lovely sight. Thanks for the photo Rob.

WadeH (Wade) · #3 22-09-2007, 10:18 PM

Very nice picture Rob, you can even see the phase on Mercury.

Widefield was great also, I just happened to look westward and thought WOW thats close, were is the camera?

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #4 22-09-2007, 10:48 PM

Great photos Rob and Wade.
After watching them get closer every evening, I missed it.
We had a thunderstorm instead. Still, the rain was nice.

Rob_K · #5 22-09-2007, 10:56 PM

Thanks all, and nice shot there Wade!

My wide shots didn't turn out too well - this was probably the best of them (400D).

Cheers -