The Jupiter Saturn conjunction!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Here’s someone shooting with that lens:

Another comparison:

You can actually rent it for about $460/week.

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We were pretty much socked in here in the Philly region, but Jim Wright of Stonekettle Station got an incredible shot from Florida.

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I should mention that my friend’s picture is a composite of two shots, one exposed for Jupiter, one for Saturn. Mr. Wright apparently didn’t think of that, since the details on Jupiter are blown out. (Not that I could have done anything remotely as good as that!)

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Was able to see them tonight (just a few minutes ago, around 1800 CST). Had to walk around to find a spot where (single or 2 story) houses didn’t block the view. Too lazy to drag out my scope, but did get a pretty good look through my 8x42 binoculars .

Brian

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Yes, that helps. Galileo also had dark skies helping him.

I’m in town, and I thought about driving out into the country to get darker skies, but the weather didn’t cooperate.

I’ve been looking at Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars in the evening most of the fall in my backyard. Most nights Jupiter looks like a gray dot, Saturn a gold oval, and Mars an orange blob. One clear night, though, I could make out Saturn and its rings distinctly. I was using a 4mm Plossl, so 75x magnification. I’m toying with buying mirrors and building a better scope from a sonotube…

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sigh cloud cover and snowfall the last three nights.

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Here’s a quick shot from tonight with my cell phone through my telescope’s viewfinder.

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I hauled my spotting scope out tonight and got a good view of Jupiter’s moons, but Saturn was still just an oval. Unfortunately with curfew being at 7 PM I don’t have the option to drive out to where light pollution is less, or stay out til it’s darker.

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My picture is obviously not as good as the eyeball view I got through the scope. The rings of Saturn were clearly visible, as was a little of the banding on Jupiter.

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Here’s NASA’s APoD on point:

And now, a new and improved conjunction with more ISS:

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Jim got another shot last night. Much clearer sky and this time it’s a composite. You can clearly see 4 of Jupiter’s moons and Saturn’s rings.

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Agreed! You may not be able to see them in detail, but they are visible if they are on-edge.

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Nice User-name/post combo

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A friend of mine got this picture using a 900mm lens —

[Album] Not my pic! A friend of mine took this, Mr. B. C.
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cool.

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Now that is an amazing shot! Bravo to your friend.