Photos of the Moon, Jupiter, Venus Conjunction August 23

Photos of the Moon, Jupiter, Venus Conjunction August 23
The moon, Saturn and M44 the Beehive Cluster rise as Venus sits just below the horizon on Saturday morning.

Thanks to SkyandTelescope, Universe Today and EarthSky for the "heads up" notice on this event.

Blog post with more photos and technique notes: 
http://activesole.blogspot.com/2014/08/photos-of-moon-venus-jupiter-conjunction.html
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  1. Jeff SullivanJune 29, 2017 at 9:10 AM

    One of my photos from this moon and planet rise event has been published as the lead photo in an article in the August 2017 Sky and Telescope Magazine by Don Olson. A description of that article appears on the University of Texas Web site, along with a copy of the photo:
    'Celestial Sleuth' identifies Lord Byron's stellar inspiration http://www.txstate.edu/news/news_releases/news_archive/2017/June-2017/Olson062617.html
    Here's their description:
    "On August 23, 2014, astrophotographer Jeff Sullivan observed the Moon with Jupiter nearby in a morning twilight sky. Glitter paths below three celestial bodies reflect in the waters of California’s Mono Lake in this morning twilight scene captured by astrophotographer Jeff Sullivan. Venus, at lower left, has just risen above the distant hills. Jupiter, with its Galilean satellites visible, stands higher in the sky, just below the stars of the Beehive Cluster, M44. The faint glow of Earthshine appears on the “dark” part of the waning crescent Moon. Automobile headlights illuminate the tufa rocks on the shore of Mono Lake in the foreground."
    flickr.com - Venus Jupiter Moon Conjunction

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