There have been several posts here asking about the best ways to photograph the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. Their apparent separation will be at its minimum on December 21st. Those of you who subscribe to PhotoPills emails probably received an email this morning with information detailing how to access their tutorial on the subject. For those who did not, I'll follow this post with one containing specific access information to the YouTube video with the latest information. You have to get through some initial ads, but the information is pretty well presented, as is the norm for their materials.
larryepage wrote:
There have been several posts here asking about the best ways to photograph the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. Their apparent separation will be at its minimum on December 21st. Those of you who subscribe to PhotoPills emails probably received an email this morning with information detailing how to access their tutorial on the subject. For those who did not, I'll follow this post with one containing the link to the YouTube video with the latest information. You have to get through some initial ads, but the information is pretty well presented, as is the norm for their materials.
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Here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdQhoLGeoWY&list=PLI-0nYk64zjo-QB4Uh0YaCHF8j1BBRJdbThere are other videos available from them as well. These folks are not my primary source of knowledge about night sky photography, but I've found them a great secondary source.
Hey Larry! Long time no see!
I have PhotoPills, but didn’t know about the emails... How did you sign up?
Gitchigumi wrote:
I have PhotoPills, but didn’t know about the emails... How did you sign up?
You can visit their website and sign up. It is a pretty good deal...I get notices of classes and sometimes for special offers. Way down at the bottom, go to the "Contacts" section, and there's a place to sign up. The volume of emails is not very high. You can also download Milky Way calendars and other helpful freebies.
larryepage wrote:
You can visit their website and sign up. It is a pretty good deal...I get notices of classes and sometimes for special offers. Way down at the bottom, go to the "Contacts" section, and there's a place to sign up. The volume of emails is not very high. You can also download Milky Way calendars and other helpful freebies.
Thanks! I looked, but couldn't find the sign-up. I looked under "Contacts", but didn't see the sign-up link. I did, however, sign up for YouTube feed of their channel.
There is a free app that will show you the best time for trying to photograph the planets and where to locate them in the sky. It uses your location and shows the actual movement plus the passing of time. The app is Stelarium and is available for numerous OS. Rather interesting and very user friendly with simple controls.
Well, the 21st is my 83rd birthday, and I do plan to view the conjunction. I'm not really set up for astrophotography. I do have a 500mm lens on a DX camera (relative 750mm) but don't use a tripod. Always a guess about the weather here, too. We'll see what happens.
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