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Mars and Venus with the P900
Jun 18, 2015 21:48:00 #
My wife took these pictures 2 nights ago with her Nikon P900 point-and-shoot. She just shot in auto mode, and when I looked at them the ISO was 1600 and I was wanting to try the shots at ISO 100 so that they wouldn't be so washed out. Will try again on another clear night but I was really impressed with how well they seem to turn out. The larger looking planet is Venus and the last 2 pictures were shot at maximum zoom. I'm guessing if we crank the ISO down we'll start to see the reddish color in Mars.
Jun 18, 2015 22:02:44 #
What your seeing in the Western sky just after sunset are Jupiter and Venus. So, Jupiter is what you've confused with Mars. Not sure what your zoomed in images are...but Venus goes thru phases just like the moon. Currently it is about 1/2 full. For Jupiter, you should be able to capture it and its moons similar to the image below. Keep trying...the P900 should be able to do it.
current phase of Venus
Jupiter and it's moons
Jun 19, 2015 07:12:44 #
James56 wrote:
What your seeing in the Western sky just after sunset are Jupiter and Venus. So, Jupiter is what you've confused with Mars. Not sure what your zoomed in images are...but Venus goes thru phases just like the moon. Currently it is about 1/2 full. For Jupiter, you should be able to capture it and its moons similar to the image below. Keep trying...the P900 should be able to do it.
Wow, guess we really confused ourselves there. I cropped the images above, but I realize that that's like zooming because it expands to fit the frame size (I'm a rookie at this). Since Venus in is half phase I'm thinking that the 2 full phase images may both be Jupiter that my wife took but at different zoom levels??
We will definitely keep trying. Thanks.
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