Jupiter and Saturn will form the first "double planet" in 800 years

Check out this story HERE

I'm hoping that with the R5 and Sigma 300-800mm I can get a decent photo of this.

CyberDyneSystems wrote in post #19161241
I'm hoping that with the R5 and Sigma 300-800mm I can get a decent photo of this.

I am hoping with my 90D plus Sigma 150-600C with my Sigma 2.0 I can also get a decent shot!

Stay away Indiana clouds!!!

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19161239
Check out this story HERE

Thanks for the deteqtive work, Charles. Quite an event!

Pippan wrote in post #19161249

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19161239
Check out this story HERE

Thanks for the deteqtive work, Charles. Quite an event!

I did not have to do a lot of deteqtive work Pippan.... I just happened to see this story on my home page

I love your speeling error of deteqtive Pippan! <smyle>

Also mentioned here POST 19157149

Capn Jack wrote in post #19161309

Also mentioned here POST 19157149

Sorry Capn. I did look to see if there was another mention of this event but did not look far enough back I guess....

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19161332
Sorry Capn. I did look to see if there was another mention of this event but did not look far enough back I guess....

No problem
They are within the viewing area of a 500 mm crop sensor, but they will get be seen as closer together than this shot

Hand-held, SOOC

I'll be happy if it's not cloudy on the 21st ... someone around here made a huge purchase about a month ago.....

according to Stellarium they will be low in the sky just after sunset. They will be out of my observing window from my observing platform which has the meridian in the south and about 20 degrees west of it and 50 degrees east of it.. But I will check to see if I can get then through the trees to the southwest.

Wish the Seagrave Observatory in North Scituate RI was open we would open it to the public. I have the keys so may run down there anyway.

We have a 12 and 16 inch scope that I can use, the 8 inch refractor is locked up.

don't be afraid to use a teleconverter on the lenses as the planets are bright.

Myself I will probably set up one of my telescopes either my Skywatcher 120mm or my Celestron 8HD, 8 inch (203mm) Those are diameters the 120 is what we would call a 1000mm lens and the 8 inch is a 2030mm focal length.

OR if I am lazy and don't want to set up my astronomical mount and just want to use my tripod, which is likely, I will use either my 100-400 or 150-600 zoomed all the way out.

Here s the 400mm view from Stellarium (the time and date are UTC not EST) this is what you would see with a 100-400 at 400mm

Two different views from Stellarium close and medium

Jeff USN Photog 72-76 wrote in post #19162045
according to Stellarium they will be low in the sky just after sunset. They will be out of my observing window from my observing platform which has the meridian in the south and about 20 degrees west of it and 50 degrees east of it.. But I will check to see if I can get then through the trees to the southwest.

Wish the Seagrave Observatory in North Scituate RI was open we would open it to the public. I have the keys so may run down there anyway.

We have a 12 and 16 inch scope that I can use, the 8 inch refractor is locked up.

don't be afraid to use a teleconverter on the lenses as the planets are bright.

Myself I will probably set up one of my telescopes either my Skywatcher 120mm or my Celestron 8HD, 8 inch (203mm) Those are diameters the 120 is what we would call a 1000mm lens and the 8 inch is a 2030mm focal length.

OR if I am lazy and don't want to set up my astronomical mount and just want to use my tripod, which is likely, I will use either my 100-400 or 150-600 zoomed all the way out.

Here s the 400mm view from Stellarium (the time and date are UTC not EST) this is what you would see with a 100-400 at 400mm

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I just used Stellarium set to 12-21-2020 and it looks like they really will be on top of each other! With Jupiter at 538 million miles and Saturn at 990 million miles, we will not see Saturn at all will we? I do not think I will be able to see it all all with the tall trees I have in my back yard, looking south.

How do you set Stellarium to any focal length such as the 400mm you used for this?

I am trying to remember, tired tonight.

In the upper right hand corner of the main window you see a spanner (wrench) click on that and you see the "oculars"

It has Eyepieces Lenses Sensors Telescopes

In Telescopes I have scopes and photo lenses

Not really sure how I got 400mm in there at first I think it was related to a 400mm telescope

I found where I may try to see it, up by the New Patriots Gillette Stadium, large parking lot with a good SW horizon

Jeff USN Photog 72-76 wrote in post #19165924
I am trying to remember, tired tonight.

In the upper right hand corner of the main window you see a spanner (wrench) click on that and you see the "oculars"

It has Eyepieces Lenses Sensors Telescopes

In Telescopes I have scopes and photo lenses

Not really sure how I got 400mm in there at first I think it was related to a 400mm telescope

I found where I may try to see it, up by the New Patriots Gillette Stadium, large parking lot with a good SW horizon

You must be talking about this? I have used the wrench one or two times but nothing else other than the wrench.

The wrench has tabs for:

General - Eyepieces - Lenses - Sensors - Telescopes & About

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19166024
You must be talking about this? I have used the wrench one or two times but nothing else other than the wrench.

The wrench has tabs for:

General - Eyepieces - Lenses - Sensors - Telescopes & About

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Charles,
Sorry I found this thread too late for Jupiter/Saturn conjunction, but I recommend to watch this https://www.youtube.co​m/watch?v=eyAPIRbUs9I to setup your custom equipment in Stellarium. It is so useful to do this to see what you get into a frame of a camera with different lenses (you can set zoom lens with different focal points as separate lens - just name it like Sigma 150, Sigma 400 and so on). I have done it with my cams, lenses and telescope and now I can see what fits in camera frame with different lenses and telescope when I plan a shooting session and not guess if I get all object in the frame.