Jupiter and Neptune conjunction

Jupiter and Neptune are very close at the moment. I wanted to get a shot of them together. Last night I was doing some testing of my setup, so took the opportunity.

Not the best image, but it's my record of the event.

#1 Taken with my ED80, single frame, 10s exposure, ISO100, maybe a 2/3 crop.

HTTP response: 404 | MIME changed to 'text/html' | Byte size: ZERO

HTTP response: 404 | MIME changed to 'text/html' | Byte size: ZERO

Great capture!

Very nice . Did you actually observe Neptune throught the scope before imaging it ?? Neptune and Uranus are two exciting planets to find and observe !

Thanks guys.

I didn't do any observing. I was trying to sort out some software/equipment issues that I absolutely want/need sorted by August as I'm going to the Qld Astrofest and want 3 full, glorious nights at a dark site completely able to just image away knowing that all the gear and software talks and behaves nicely

I will definitely have a look at them once the above is sorted out. Thanks.

That is REALLY cool!

very cool shot. Just wondering, what is the bright spot between neptune and jupiter?

Thanks guys. The bright spot between them is a star called Mu Capricornus. Jupiter and Neptune are in the constellation Capricornus at the moment.

Nice shooting......

awesome! whats the dot between jupiter and neptune?

Thanks! See my post 2 above yours. It's a star in the constellation Capricornus.

Very nice.