Venus and Jupiter Conjunction Today
Venus and Jupiter Conjunction Today
The planets Venus and Jupiter put on a show in the sky this morning as sunrise approached. As seen from earth, these two bright planets appeared to pass within 0.3 degrees of each other in the sky. For a closer shot I used a crop sensor camera to get a little more effective zoom out of my lenses, and at 640mm equivalent focal length I was able to resolve four of Jupiter's moons!
I uploaded the wider shot to Flickr, and placed it in the Universe Today group, and moments later Universe Today had already blogged it. Thanks Nancy Atkinson!
More photos: http://activesole.blogspot.com/2014/08/venus-saturn-conjunction-at-dawn-today.html
#astronomy #science #news #astrophotography
The planets Venus and Jupiter put on a show in the sky this morning as sunrise approached. As seen from earth, these two bright planets appeared to pass within 0.3 degrees of each other in the sky. For a closer shot I used a crop sensor camera to get a little more effective zoom out of my lenses, and at 640mm equivalent focal length I was able to resolve four of Jupiter's moons!
I uploaded the wider shot to Flickr, and placed it in the Universe Today group, and moments later Universe Today had already blogged it. Thanks Nancy Atkinson!
More photos: http://activesole.blogspot.com/2014/08/venus-saturn-conjunction-at-dawn-today.html
#astronomy #science #news #astrophotography
Nancy Atkinson I was shooting at Topaz Lake on the California - Nevada border (on the Nevada side).
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! Thank you again for another great capture of the sky! Jeff Sullivan Photography
ReplyDeleteThanks Nancy Atkinson ! I'll be out to capture the triple conjunction with the moon Saturday morning.
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