Moon, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury rising over Brisbane city this morning

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Hi all,

A beautiful clear morning in Brisbane today, so I got up early and captured a sequence of images as the Moon and 3 planets rose over Brisbane. A great way to start the day!

The first image is a stack of exposures taken every 3 and a half minutes, and the second is a single exposure. All exposures were 4 seconds with my Canon 50D and 15-85mm lens at f/5.6 and 400 iso.

Thanks for looking!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Regulus (Trevor)]

Love it!
Worth getting up for.
Trevor

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Nice work, Stephen

[iceman (Mike)]

Very nice Stephen. I bet it was busy up there.

[redomatic (Michael)]

Brilliant, I love it - I have so many questions!
What's causing the increasing earth glow on the moon as it rises?
Where was the photo taken? not Mt Cootha?

[gaa_ian (Ian)]

Well done Stephen, I meant to get up, but after a late night observing I slept through it. I will try again tomorrow morning.

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Originally Posted by Regulus

Love it!
Worth getting up for.
Trevor

Thanks very much Trevor! Yes, I'm glad I got up for it.

Originally Posted by Larryp

Nice work, Stephen

Thanks Laurie!

Originally Posted by iceman

Very nice Stephen. I bet it was busy up there.

Thanks Mike! It was a perfect morning, but I seemed to be the only one out enjoying it.

Originally Posted by redomatic

Brilliant, I love it - I have so many questions!
What's causing the increasing earth glow on the moon as it rises?
Where was the photo taken? not Mt Cootha?

Thanks Michael! I forgot to mention the location: this was from the top of Kings Rd in Taringa. Wrong time of year to get the planets over the city from Mt Coot-tha.

I think the increasing earthshine on the Moon is a combination of two things. Firstly the Moon is brightening as it rises through the haze near the horizon, and secondly the twilight glow is masking it.

Thanks again,

Cheers,
Stephen

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Originally Posted by gaa_ian

Well done Stephen, I meant to get up, but after a late night observing I slept through it. I will try again tomorrow morning.

Thanks Ian! Definitely worth getting up for a look tomorrow.

Cheers,
Stephen

[Derek Klepp]

Great pics over the city. Glad there was a group of us out there enjoying it.

[Dennis]

Really nice work Stephen, you’re producing some superb scenes within this genre, I really enjoyed looking at these.

Cheers

Dennis

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Originally Posted by Derek Klepp

Great pics over the city. Glad there was a group of us out there enjoying it.

Thanks Derek! It was a lovely morning to be out, wasn't it!

Originally Posted by Dennis

Really nice work Stephen, you’re producing some superb scenes within this genre, I really enjoyed looking at these.

Cheers

Dennis

Thanks very much Dennis! Much appreciated.

Cheers,
Stephen

[stardust steve (Steve)]

nice one Stephen.
I saw the second image on FB just now "The Amazing Side To The Universe" i think the page was

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Originally Posted by stardust steve

nice one Stephen.
I saw the second image on FB just now "The Amazing Side To The Universe" i think the page was

Thanks Steve!

It's on the front page of Spaceweather at the moment :

http://www.spaceweather.com/

That's probably where "The Amazing Side of the Universe" picked it up from.

Cheers,
Stephen

[colinmlegg (Colin)]

Nice one Stephen. It's a great shot

[Ross G]

Nice looking photos Stephen.

Great work!

Ross.

[ourkind (Carlos)]

Great shots!