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Great Conjunction from southern california

 

I almost skipped out on imaging this, but went up into malibu hills at the last minute. Wow it was clear and low wind

I aimed to also get the moons, and I may have flubbed their annotations, so any corrections are welcome :)




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Brian Valente
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Great image Brian. ?Is this a composite? ?Did you take two images, one exposed for Jupiter and the other for Saturn and then combine them? ?If not, I¡¯m amazed you got them both exposed so well.


Bill

On Dec 22, 2020, at 12:51 AM, Brian Valente <bvalente@...> wrote:

I almost skipped out on imaging this, but went up into malibu hills at the last minute. Wow it was clear and low wind

I aimed to also get the moons, and I may have flubbed their annotations, so any corrections are welcome :)

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Bill Tschumy
Otherwise -- Longmont, CO
 

Nice work, Brian and also by Marc!

You guys are pros!

Michael

On Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 11:51 PM Brian Valente <bvalente@...> wrote:
I almost skipped out on imaging this, but went up into malibu hills at the last minute. Wow it was clear and low wind

I aimed to also get the moons, and I may have flubbed their annotations, so any corrections are welcome :)




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Thanks Bill - yes definitely composite, though just different exposure times.?

I brought three different cameras and a couple different barlows because I didn't have any chance to do a trial run, and most of them ended up a bust (my DSLR produced rubbish)

Super lucky to have an exceptionally clear night in the mountains with almost no wind at times, a combination which is uncommon



On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 6:33 AM Bill Tschumy <bill@...> wrote:
Great image Brian.? Is this a composite?? Did you take two images, one exposed for Jupiter and the other for Saturn and then combine them?? If not, I¡¯m amazed you got them both exposed so well.


Bill

On Dec 22, 2020, at 12:51 AM, Brian Valente <bvalente@...> wrote:

I almost skipped out on imaging this, but went up into malibu hills at the last minute. Wow it was clear and low wind

I aimed to also get the moons, and I may have flubbed their annotations, so any corrections are welcome :)

<great_conjunction-notext.jpg>
<great_conjunction-text.jpg>
<great_conjunction-saturn_cu.jpg><great_conjunction-jupiter_cu.jpg>
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Brian?



Brian Valente
portfolio

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Bill Tschumy
Otherwise -- Longmont, CO





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Brian Valente
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Great shot!?
Sonny Edmonds
 

Great work there, Brian!

We had the 3 youngest Grandkids over for a Viewing and Dinner Party.
I set up the Binocular Mount in the Driveway and we took turns looking through the 20X-80mm 's.
I and the Step-Son could see the planets, and Jupiter's moons without aid as the sky darkened.
But alas, very soon it set, and all were hungry. So we abandoned the event to fill our bellies.
I may try again tonight. But personally, I was disappointed. Not as bright as I had hoped. And not as close as I'd been lead to believe they'd be.
But it'll be 800 years until they get that close again. Maybe by then folks will be sitting on IO with front row seats. ;^)
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(I suggest viewed in full screen)
 

Great shots Brian. My planetary scope a C9.25 was sadly on the bench. So I had to use my Stellarvue 105 F/7? Here blown up to 100% is what I got.
 

Great shots Brian!? Thanks for sharing.
 

Great shot Brian. Really nice.

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