Mars is very bright tonight and right next to the moon.
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Moon Mars Conjunction
Category: Astro-photography
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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.
Some Astro photography pics
My 8 inch (200 mm) Newtonian reflector in the middle of the picture
There was a total lunar eclipse in in January this year but being in Cape Town we would only see the start before it slipped below the horizon.
I was not convinced it would be worth my while but in the end it turned out to be quite a good call to get up at 4:30 and head up to Signal Hill.
Scorpio sets behind a stand of Casuarinas in McGregor.
