The Moon and Jupiter Conjunction

CapturingTheNight (Greg) · #1 13-08-2012, 08:41 PM

Hi all,
I actually forgot about this close conjunction until when I went outside in the morning to pack away my timelapse gear (trying to capture Perseid meteors) and I noticed how close they were together.
I quickly setup the mount (no alignment- just plonked it down) and telescope and started snapping some images. Getting the Moon and a planet in the same telescope field of view has been a goal of mine ever since I first got the scope.

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Two image composite: One single frame for The Moon and Jupiter and another single overexposed frame to show up the moons of Jupiter.
Canon 1000D
10" F/4 Newt
NEQ6 Pro Goto Mount

Cheers

Greg

Derek Klepp · #2 14-08-2012, 12:37 PM

nicely done

saysme (Steve) · #3 14-08-2012, 04:11 PM

Nice.

Dennis · #4 14-08-2012, 05:13 PM

Nice and razor sharp – just how I like my Moon photos!

Cheers

Dennis

Rod771 (Rod) · #5 14-08-2012, 08:31 PM

Well done Greg! Your photography is very inspiring.

Liz · #6 14-08-2012, 08:36 PM

Looks fabulous Greg, well done!!

Peter Ward · #7 14-08-2012, 09:07 PM

I love images like this....gives some real sense of scale to our solar system.

I did something similar some years ago but like your rendition better.

Nicely done

iceman (Mike) · #8 15-08-2012, 05:20 AM

Fantastic work Greg! I had no idea they were so close.

CapturingTheNight (Greg) · #9 15-08-2012, 07:34 AM

Thank you so much for the great feedback everyone. I really appreciate it

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Originally Posted by Peter Ward

I love images like this....gives some real sense of scale to our solar system.

I did something similar some years ago but like your rendition better.

Nicely done

Thats an awesome capture Peter

I would have loved to get as much detail in Jupiter as you managed but I know my DSLR/Telescope combo isn't a great planetary setup. I tried to stack a few frames together but couldn't salvage much due to the poor alignment and seeing conditions. I just chose the sharpest single frame and went with it.

Matt Wastell (Matt) · #10 17-08-2012, 05:23 PM

Sweet! I am sorry I missed it live!!!!

CapturingTheNight (Greg) · #11 17-08-2012, 09:11 PM

Thank you very much Matt

gaa_ian (Ian) · #12 05-09-2012, 12:31 PM

Another chance this month for an even closer conjunction on the morning of the 9th of Sept !