Venus and Merkur at the AVSO

sweeper (Robert Blasius) · #1 05-04-2010, 05:32 AM

Happy Easter everyone!

On Good Friday I was able to take this shoot of Venus and Mercury at the AVSO.
I combined two images, one with the Cokin P830 and one without to regulate the soft-focus a bit.

http://www.robert-blasius.de/schdaff...vso-web-CN.jpg

Exposure:
Good Friday 2010, 21:12 CEST, Canon EOS 40D, 3.2s, ISO 500, 75mm, f6,3

Hope you like it.

iceman (Mike) · #2 05-04-2010, 09:03 AM

Beautiful twilight scene, Robert.
What's the Cokin P830 do? Is it a softening filter or something?

sweeper (Robert Blasius) · #3 05-04-2010, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iceman

Beautiful twilight scene, Robert.
What's the Cokin P830 do? Is it a softening filter or something?

Thanks Mike,

you´re right the Cokin P830 is a softening filter. It is sold in three classes from low to strong softening. The P830 is in the middle.
I like it, because it helps to bring out stars and keeps the color of them.

sweeper (Robert Blasius) · #4 09-04-2010, 12:23 AM

I just saw that there will be a nice constellation next week. Moon is meeting the two planets on the 15th and 16th. On 14th there is new moon.
Moon will be luminated at 1.8% at this time and the distance between the Moon and Mercury will be about 2.2°.

Next chance for us to get some nice images!

Liz · #5 09-04-2010, 03:12 AM

Beautiful image Robert

sweeper (Robert Blasius) · #6 09-04-2010, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Liz

Beautiful image Robert

Thanks Liz!

I already looked the location for next week. Maybe I will try a composit to get the movement of the two planets.
Let´s see and wait (especially for a good weather!).

mithrandir (Andrew) · #7 09-04-2010, 11:28 PM

Stellarium shows this for Sydney. The time is AEST.

Now all I need to do is find a place with a clear western horizon.