The Great Conjunction Junction
Dec 16, 2020 14:56:41 #
12-15-2020
Next image of the conjunction, as it closes in.
Maybe none tonight due to clouds.
Same 1 second exposure.
Next image of the conjunction, as it closes in.
Maybe none tonight due to clouds.
Same 1 second exposure.
Saturn/ Jupiter convergence 12 15 2020
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Dec 16, 2020 16:00:35 #
Dec 16, 2020 19:26:56 #
alberio wrote:
Cool shots SonnyE
Thanks alberio!
I hope you don't mind me piggy-backing on your post.
Just trying to offer images from my perspective behind my 80mm telescope.
Looks to be cloudy here tonight...
Every night when I'm doing my alignment (Modeling in Losmandy terms), I pick Alberio as one of my guide stars and remember what you told me about the little star peeking around Alberio...
Dec 17, 2020 00:52:07 #
SonnyE wrote:
Thanks alberio! br I hope you don't mind me piggy-... (show quote)
I never mind the piggy-backing, it helps to see what others are doing regarding the same subject. Speaking of this subject, I pulled into Lake Havasu tonight and managed to catch the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn with a slight color hue in the light clouds. I increased the saturation for the cloud colors, but it made Jupiter and Saturn a bit weird. This was with my newly acquired 120-300 f2.8 lens. I have to learn better white balance and focusing skills.
Dec 17, 2020 17:17:47 #
OH! That is a Gorgeous capture!
Absotootly positively beautiful!
I had... clouds.
Absotootly positively beautiful!
I had... clouds.
Dec 18, 2020 13:18:26 #
Nothing last night.
I had waves of really aggravating clouds blowing in from the North.
It's clear! It's not. It's clear! It's not. All damned evening!
I finally gave up.
I had waves of really aggravating clouds blowing in from the North.
It's clear! It's not. It's clear! It's not. All damned evening!
I finally gave up.
Dec 18, 2020 21:20:15 #
Thanks SonnyE,
I've been messing around with camera lenses for these shots, but I'm getting prepared for the 21st with the telescope. We're supposed to have clear skies, very little wind but pretty chilly. Tonight was 15-20 steady winds.
I've been messing around with camera lenses for these shots, but I'm getting prepared for the 21st with the telescope. We're supposed to have clear skies, very little wind but pretty chilly. Tonight was 15-20 steady winds.
Dec 18, 2020 22:05:30 #
The only filter I know of for wind is my 8 foot back wall. 
But it's a dual band filter.
It also filters out Condolands glare.
But it's a dual band filter.
It also filters out Condolands glare.
Dec 18, 2020 22:26:55 #
SonnyE wrote:
The only filter I know of for wind is my 8 foot back wall.
But it's a dual band filter.
It also filters out Condolands glare.
But it's a dual band filter.
It also filters out Condolands glare.
Hahaha
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