Moon & Venus
Dec 7, 2015 10:25:23 #
I woke up to the Moon & Venus in conjunction this morning.
What a lovely sight it is. Let's see if I can do it any justice.
Nikon D800E w/Tamron 150-600mm @ 550mm,
f/6.3, ISO 100, 1/125 sec.
Craig
What a lovely sight it is. Let's see if I can do it any justice.
Nikon D800E w/Tamron 150-600mm @ 550mm,
f/6.3, ISO 100, 1/125 sec.
Craig
Dec 7, 2015 14:55:27 #
Dec 7, 2015 15:23:39 #
Albuqshutterbug wrote:
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Thank you very much Jim, I had no idea I could get the whole Occultation.
Craig
Dec 7, 2015 15:37:33 #
CraigFair wrote:
I woke up to the Moon & Venus in conjunction this morning.
What a lovely sight it is. Let's see if I can do it any justice.
Nikon D800E w/Tamron 150-600mm @ 550mm,
f/6.3, ISO 100, 1/125 sec.
Craig
What a lovely sight it is. Let's see if I can do it any justice.
Nikon D800E w/Tamron 150-600mm @ 550mm,
f/6.3, ISO 100, 1/125 sec.
Craig
Nice shot. I could see it this morning when I opened the garage door to go to work. And Venus seemed even closer at 7AM when I got to work. But there was a thin cloud cover. And I could just make them out through the clouds.
Dec 7, 2015 15:45:32 #
Looking up this morning and saw this, if I hadn't been on the way to work I would have taken a shot (with a camera haha. Nice
Dec 7, 2015 15:58:23 #
JimH123 wrote:
Nice shot. I could see it this morning when I opened the garage door to go to work. And Venus seemed even closer at 7AM when I got to work. But there was a thin cloud cover. And I could just make them out through the clouds.
Thank you Jim H, I didn't know it was going to occulate so fast or I would have stayed with it myself.
Craig
Dec 7, 2015 19:07:13 #
Wow! That is nice, Craig.
I like the composition with the tree.
I like the composition with the tree.
Dec 7, 2015 22:45:20 #
Just in case you are interested, here is a simulation done with Starry Night showing Venus, the Moon and Comet Catalina at 5:31AM. Venus is the bright one to just below and a bit to the left of the moon.
The comet is a magnitude of 4.78, which is well within the range of a camera to pick it up. The comet's tail will be fairly dim and will require a time exposure to pick it up.
If I set the time to tomorrow morning at the same time, the comet will be moving upward, and so will Venus, but the comet moves farther. And the moon will be a lot lower.
The comet is a magnitude of 4.78, which is well within the range of a camera to pick it up. The comet's tail will be fairly dim and will require a time exposure to pick it up.
If I set the time to tomorrow morning at the same time, the comet will be moving upward, and so will Venus, but the comet moves farther. And the moon will be a lot lower.
Dec 8, 2015 08:58:17 #
Dec 8, 2015 09:45:59 #
SonnyE wrote:
Wow! That is nice, Craig.
I like the composition with the tree.
I like the composition with the tree.
Ditto! Simply put, a very nice shot!
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Dec 8, 2015 12:49:07 #
SonnyE wrote:
Wow! That is nice, Craig.
I like the composition with the tree.
I like the composition with the tree.
Thank you Sonny I thought that tree would add a little perspective to the shot.
Craig
Dec 8, 2015 12:49:55 #
dlmorris wrote:
Nice, Craig! I like the composition.
Thank you very much DL always glad to hear from you.
Craig
Dec 8, 2015 12:51:09 #
47greyfox wrote:
Ditto! Simply put, a very nice shot!
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Thank you Grey Fox for looking in and the nice complement.
Craig
Dec 8, 2015 12:54:03 #
JimH123 wrote:
Just in case you are interested, here is a simulat... (show quote)
Hi Jim nice simulation with the Come.
I got up this morning and it was high overcast.
No Comet for me.
Craig
Dec 8, 2015 15:13:57 #
CraigFair wrote:
Hi Jim nice simulation with the Come.
I got up this morning and it was high overcast.
No Comet for me.
Craig
I got up this morning and it was high overcast.
No Comet for me.
Craig
Socked in this morning but the view was awesome.
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