On 1st February 2008 Jupiter and Venus were very closely aligned to one another. These pictures, taken with a digital camera show that event. And some other stars as a bonus.
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Jupiter and Venus
Category: Astro-photography
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The Great Conjunction 2020
Jupiter and Saturn were the closest they have been and will be for decades, less than 1 degree. I took some photographs but was hampered by aerosols in the air so I got a soft focus look, but some pictures none the less.
A major problem was the fact that the planets were so close to the sun, forcing me to use a very high ISO setting (6400) so that I could get long aperture settings. There was also a huge gale force wind blowing affecting the length of exposure too.
I have never photographed a solar eclipse for so when the December 2020 eclipse happened I was thoroughly unprepared. Despite this, I managed to get some sensible picture. Not crisp and clear cut, but the eclipse is visible. Note that these pictures were taken as and when the sun popped out from behind clouds. The sun had set before total which was a disappointment though not unexpected.
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Moon Mars Conjunction
Mars is very bright tonight and right next to the moon.
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Moon Venus Conjunction
Astrophotography from Cape Town CBD is not an easy thing, but you can get some rather nice photographs if you try hard enough.
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Full Moon
Recently I bought an attachment that would allow me to take photographs with my cell phone mounted on my 8″ Newtonian reflector. After much cursing and swearing, I captured some great pictures. These two photos were possibly the best.
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Moon Jupiter Conjunction
Recently there was a moon Jupiter conjunction. A wonderful sight.
It gave me a chance to brush up on my astro-photography
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Conjunction
Tonight the moon is 98% full. Close by are Saturn and Jupiter. And ideal photo opportunity you might say but there were clouds and aerosols so I did not get a hard classical astro-photograph but a dreamy, ephemeral image. I used a little point and shoot camera and it exceeded my expectations.
The Moon and Venus were extremely close on 19 June, 2020 and I was lucky to capture some images.
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Orion Setting over Lions Head
At this time of the year Orion sets directly over Lions Head. This year there were clear skies and very little pollution due to lockdown. There was as always light pollution a hazard in astrophotography, but I still got a reasonable picture.
