Venus and Saturn Conjunction - next 4 days - Page 2

davidpretorius · #21 01-07-2007, 06:04 PM

saw a glimpse, thru clouds and now totally clouded out.

seemed to be a simliar distance to last night

very nice

iceman (Mike) · #22 01-07-2007, 06:25 PM

Clouded out here too

Only a glimpse of Venus through the clouds but nothing of Saturn.

Did some Sunset photography instead.

CoombellKid · #23 01-07-2007, 06:28 PM

Except for the current jet stream we're having a beautiful clear night. The
two are something to look at, I can fit the two in my 14mm XW. Old Jup's
is looking good too, with the four moons in a diamond configuration off one
side. Pitty about the Moon.

regards,CS

StarLane · #24 01-07-2007, 08:15 PM

Hi Mike,

I had a look at this tonight around 6pm, just amazing.
Not very often we see two planets in the same field. I was suprised at how bright Venus was even though the Sun is at quite an angle to it, Venus looked like a mini cresent moon.

Cheers.

loKy (Simone) · #25 01-07-2007, 09:16 PM

living on a farm and being away from most of the artificial lights,i have to say that those two planets that you can see at sunset are just fantastic!!inspirational.....

Terry B · #26 02-07-2007, 11:58 AM

I looked last night as the first clear night in 2 weeks. I could get both planets in the field of my 24.5mm eyepiece on the VC200L. They both boiled in the sky but good to see the banana cresent of Venus. My 9 year old daughter said that Saturn looked like a diamond. Cute description.

Ric · #27 02-07-2007, 06:44 PM

I managed a quick viewing through the 16 x 50 binoculars last night, a great sight until the clouds arrived.

Tonight is totally blotted out with clouds.

Hope others are having better luck.

sheeny (Al) · #28 02-07-2007, 07:15 PM

Here's my humble attempt - shot through the sucker holes! First ever astro photo with the new Oly E-510. Lots to learn!

100ASA, f/5.6, 150mm lens. Captured as RAW, processed in PS CS3: exposure +3, tonal curves adjusted to bring out Saturn without burning out Venus.

Al.

JimmyH155 · #29 03-07-2007, 12:27 PM

Hey, guys, thanks to this thread and IIS forum I was reading yesterday, I had a memorable 40 mins at my scope when I rushed home last nite

. Dragged out my grab "n go Celestron 90, and there they were. I havent seen Saturn for many years, and even when it was almost on the horizon, I could still make out the rings and see the gap between rings and the planet. I used 12mm Plossl. Fabulous. I stayed glued for 40 mins until tree got in the way - but that was with scope just about horizontal. Venus - well stunning crescent. I shall be out tonight