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Venus and Moon Getting Closer

As promised, the Moon has appeared to creep closer to Venus.

This is a rare view of the Moon. Looking through my archives, the only time I photographed a similar phase was after the 2017 Solar Eclipse.

August 16, 2021 Paul 1168 Views 0 Comments DSLR, Moon

On a side note, I missed the Perseid meteors this year as the sky was bad most of last week.

Why did I wait to 1am to photograph Saturn a few days ago? Because it had to clear the trees blocking my South sky view.

Though it was difficult at times to locate Saturn, I think the results were good.

Assuming no more cosmological events of note for 2020, I found the “great conjunction” of Jupiter and Saturn to be not all that great.

Preparation, prior session notes, favorable whether, and a little luck all contributed to what I believe is my best Mars capture yet.

Consider this a trial run for Mars’s opposition next week.

The four sets I took of Saturn were not as good as many of my prior sessions, but one set was serviceable enough to post.

I will continue to observe Jupiter, as it remains close to Saturn as they move towards their December conjunction.