Moon, Jupiter and Venus Conjunction (ongoing)

[Sky of the Plains]

Lets make this the thread where everyone else posts there shots, just so we dont have 30 threads by the end of the night. here are mine...


http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr148/Tyler_greatsky/CR3.jpg

http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr148/Tyler_greatsky/CR2-1.jpg

I like that you can see 2 of Jupiters moons in this one if you look close.

http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr148/Tyler_greatsky/CR1-2.jpg

[photorookie]

OK here's a couple of mine shot with a Canon XTi and a Canon 200mm L


1.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b125/huntforfun/IMG_9302.jpg

2.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b125/huntforfun/IMG_9300.jpg

[JiT]

Shot this evening,

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3218/3076192270_7e7b3f66fb_b.jpg

[Celestron]

I didn't see your thread in time before i posted my own . All have nice shots here !

[hairycrab]

Smiley from Abu Dhabi

http://niksyahron.smugmug.com/photos/428433554_adiZK-L.jpg
Can you believe it...it was cloudy in the desert last night...of all nights!

http://niksyahron.smugmug.com/photos/428433329_2Jxdi-L.jpg
at 200mm focal length on the 350D..

[Celestron]

Nice shots Hairy !

[0ozma]

very cool. clouds were so heavy here i couldnt see anything :(

[plbb]

JiT, love the exposure of your image, excellent shot!

Would you mind sharing your settings? Also, were you shooting on manual and at what focal length.

I was aiming for your results but unfortunately didn't succeed and wondering why, so it would really be of benefit to know how you accomplished this.

Many thanks...

[jeffg333]

my first try..

75-300 kit lens.

http://www.fourpointsnorth.com/IMG_6907_c.jpg

[mick w]

might as well post mine....from Houston, Texas

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v644/swisher/moonvenusjupiter.jpg

plus a closeup of Jupiter and a few of her moons:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v644/swisher/Jupiter.jpg

[cntry]

Here's my attempt:

1.http://www.bamphoto.com/POTN/20081130_Moon__0002.jpg

2.http://www.bamphoto.com/POTN/20081130_Moon__0008.jpg

[Adrena1in]

When I get time I'll start a Poll and bring everyone's images into it. However, the Poll/Competition is only going to allow one image per person, so if people do put their best in this thread then it'll make things a lot easier for me. :)

[bowtie`]

Sky of the Plains, I really like that first image. That *electric* blue of the sky I always like to try and capture and do not succeed very often. Beautiful colors in that image.

Hairycrab, so far that first image is the best exposure I have seen of this event, though I am still looking at more images. Fantastic balance regardless of clouds or no clouds!

Thanks everyone for sharing. As usual here in Indiana we had solid overcast and snow flurries all evening. If there is any astronomical event Indiana will always be socked in. My hats off to everyone for sharing this event with the people that could not see it.

[geekyrocketguy]

Will it be possible to photograph this again tonight? It was really cloudy where I was last night.

[mitsu13gman]

To answer your question, yes, it was visible earlier this evening on the east coast, I would assume you'll get a shot out there later on.

This was my first attempt ever shooting shooting the night sky. EXIF is intact.

My stupid butt forgot that I was playing around in my living room last night and had the ISO jacked all the way up to 3200. Mercifully, I overexposed the bejeebers out of it, so when I pushed it down 2 stops to make it a little more reasonable, it needed far less reduction that it first appeared.

Proof positive that the monkey behind the shutter is more important than the hardware around it! :oops:

[jkrohn]

Ok... here is my attempt. Tried not to blow out the moon, but that in turn made Jupiter and Venus a little dark...
http://www.johnandgrrr.com/Picture%20Library/Weather/IMG_0902_sm.JPG

[benjaminburrows]

here's mine!

http://www.benjaminburrows.net/blog/images/planets-1.jpg

benjamin

[renderwerks]

This is a stack of 3 images. The lake is the base image (exif). All three shot on a stationary tripod at varying exposures. Combined with CS3.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/3080512642_6d156e520d_o.jpg
I'm not terribly happy with how it turned out (my first try). I'm working on another version for the monthly challenge.

[Celestron]

Rick , love the shot ! Thanks for sharing this one !

[2005GLI]

has anyone been able to get any real close shots of venus and jupiter?

[Celestron]

has anyone been able to get any real close shots of venus and jupiter?

I've got some fairly close ones . Look on my Planet page on my website . Link below .

[R Hardman]

Finally got around to processing. Two from the desert.

324309

324310

[rlrouse]

Great shots all. A very interesting occurrence to observe because it is so clearly seen with the naked eye.

[jocareed]

Here's my picture from Midland, TX. Approx 7:30PM CT. Temp 42 deg F Wind 15mph. Sorta cool. Canon Powershot G2, ISO 200, 1/30sec, f/2.5, 7-21@16.8mm. Shot as a RAW image photoshop conversion to jpeg.

[Celestron]

Great Joe ! Is that tree in your yard ?

[renderwerks]

Here's another shot as I was coming down the mountain from Lake Arrowhead (see post #18 ). I discovered the nice thing about shooting the first one at 7000ft elevation, was I had enough time to drive down to about 3000-4000ft elevation and shoot this view overlooking the city of San Bernardino, Ca.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/3081999707_05381cb19b_o.jpg

70mm, 2 exposures composited. Done in CS3.

[Got_Vtec?]

Here is my shot from NJ.....go easy on me I am not used to the astrophotography yet I am still learning

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3140/3082897107_958535c74d_b.jpg

[digitalh3lix]

i saw that after i left work a few days ago! had no idea what it was.

[jocareed]

No, but it was behind a house. I shot this from an ally, through a hurricane fence.

[Trik]

What a lot of great shots. Best of luck to all who enter theirs in the Monthly Challenge.

I almost missed the event, and my shots were nowhere near creating a Smiley or even a :(. However, as I live in the south of the UK, would we have had a conjunction that formed such a grouping at all? Most of the right-way-up Smiley`s seem to have been taken in the southern hemisphere, where the moon is upside down ;)

Trik

[Gary W.]

Hey all,

There was WAY too much clouds and fog to take any pictures, until last night (Dec.4). Original and with processing. XSi w/ 17-55 kit lens (@23mm), f3.5, 10 second exposure. I shot this in jpeg as I forgot to switch to raw until AFTER I went inside :(

Gary W.:cool: