Conjunction over the Dish

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Hi all,

While in Parkes for the David Malin Awards last weekend, I headed off to the Dish to try and capture the Moon-Jupiter-Venus conjunction. The sky was nice and clear for the whole drive out to the telescope, but of course as soon as I got the camera and tripod out of the car a huge bank of cloud came in and totally covered the conjunction. I soon found Phil Hart and Alex Cherney out in the paddock doing the same thing, and equally annoyed at the clouds. Eventually a small gap in the clouds appeared, allowing me to get this image. Not as good as I was hoping for, but better than nothing I suppose!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Ric]

Very nice Stephen.

The dish looks fantastic in the foreground.

[leon]

Yep have to agree, that dish certainly makes the pic, well done

Leon

[CapturingTheNight (Greg)]

Grrr at clouds eh. I know that feeling all to well. Nice shot Stephen.

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Thanks Ric, Leon and Greg.

(I've just looked at Alex Cherney's fantastic image taken perhaps 15 minutes before I arrived at The Dish... wish I'd been there a bit earlier!...)

Cheers,
Stephen

[White Rabbit]

Awesome image, quite dramatic with clouds. I may even like this more than Alex's shot it has a sense of drama to it. ...

[Tamtarn]

I think the clouds add a little more to the image Stephen. Fantastic capture!
Barb