Jupiter and Uranus in conjunction

After a string of cloudy nights I got a clear spell last night to capture Jupiter and Uranus together. Just in time too as these next few nights the full moon will be very close, spoiling the sky.

I was shooting from a fixed tripod, so restricted my shutter speeds to the longest I could get away with and not detect any trailing. Perhaps surprisingly that's 1 second at 200mm and 0.5 second at 400mm! I also used mirror lock up.

Here's the first: 40D with 70-200/4L at 200mm, f/4, 1s, ISO 1600, noise reduced in Lightroom 3.

Very Nice.. and well done.

..........also, thanks for the descriptions and naming for those of us who are star challenged

Well done!

Excellent. Tomorrow night, you'll be able to shoot a full moon along with Jupiter and Uranus.

You know.....they say that these planets are uninhabited and they are big gas giants and all of this and that....wellll what ifffffff. Under neath of all of the exterior.....there is some kind of life and the aliens living there.....dont even know how many planets can be in this galaxy cause they cant see past the atmosphere........Alie​ns....they're out there

saw a rerun on syfy channel earlier....sorry

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You know.....they say that these planets are uninhabited and they are big gas giants and all of this and that....wellll what ifffffff.

I don't expect there's any life on the planets themselves, but I reckon there's every chance of something living under the ice on one of Jupiter's Moons...namely Europa. Wonder if we'll ever find out for sure...

Nice shots by the way.

They say that the strongest indication of intelligent life out there is that it hasn't visited us!

Thanks for posting the mini science class in your pics. Well done!