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[Wandering Sagebrush]

Article with photo of ISS transiting the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

That's a great shot.I have been watching the sky show for months as Saturn and Jupiter have moved

closer and closer.Sunday evening I got a great view but Monday's view was clouded over a bit.

Last night was another good night to view and was surprised to see how much Saturn had moved since Sunday evening.

Tonight the Moon should be just under Mars.

Great clear skies to watch things.

 

Might catch Santa streaming along.

Frank 

[Happyjax]

It was cloudy here the 21st but I did get some shots on the 20th

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[Vic Harder]

It was cloudy here the 21st but I did get some shots on the 20th

Way cool.  What equipment did you use for that?

[Kolockum]

Washington State Parks operates a small observatory in Goldendale. They have a night program where you can look through the telescope at the different planets, stars and nebulas. Last time I was there a retired astronomer led the program and essentially gave the group a visual tour of our solar system and galaxy. I highly recommend it to anybody interested in astronomy. Oh and there is also a campground there.

 

https://parks.state....ale-Observatory

[Happyjax]

Way cool.  What equipment did you use for that?

Thanks Vic

 

That shot was taken with my D500 and a 1.7TC on my William Optics GT102 refractor which has a focal length of 702mm. I just had it on my tripod as the planets are much brighter than people think and can be shot at  good speed. I was doing ISO 1600-6400 and speeds around 1/250 to 1/60. Don't recall the exact exposure on this one:)

 

I also did a few shots with the 200-500 F5.6 and the 1.7 but with planets the more focal length the better. They are big but very far away. I have a C6 SC but when I had that set up for the conjunction the skies were horrible so haven't done much with those pictures..

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Thanks very nice.

Frank