Relative Planets
What is neat about lining all three images side-by-side is that they were taken with the same telescope and same equipment setup.
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What is neat about lining all three images side-by-side is that they were taken with the same telescope and same equipment setup.
Read MoreThis is my first good image of Jupiter in 2018. The focus was near-perfect and about as good as I am going to get with my equipment.
Read MoreWe’re about a month from the last rendezvous of the Moon and Venus.
Read MoreI don’t always photograph the Moon in broad daylight. But when I do, I try to include a former world’s tallest building, for perspective.
Read MoreThe current positions and timing of our planets offer an opportunity to see both Jupiter and Venus in the sky shortly after Dusk.
Read MoreAbove Leo and to the left you can see Coma Berenices. It sort of blends in with the other fainter stars directly above Leo.
Read MoreIf you look closely above and to the left of the Moon, you can see stars. They were not visible to me at the time I took this picture.
Read MoreFor the Spring Triangle, you are seeing the complete and full dimensions of the source image.
Read MoreI will say this for cloudy weekdays – at least I don’t have to make up excuses for not taking my telescope and camera out on a “school night.”
Read MoreJust one problem, though – the Moon was approaching Full and washed much of the sky out. So I settled for looking at the Moon, mostly.
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