It will be a long time until the next one (we won't be around), here's hoping it's not as shown below
Saturn / Jupiter conjunction - December 2020
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I will be keeping a close eye on the weather and hopefully I will still be in Tier2 and there is a few gaps in the clouds on 21st December.
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The weather has been rather unkind near me recently after the past few days of sunsets, it's looking a bit more promising tonight, so I will try and get a shot of them both out my window.
I am limited to a 400mm lens and as they are so low down in the sky, the atmospheric haze is likely to make them tricky to photograph, but lets give it a try.
I will post what I get as soon as it gets darker, the sun is not long down.
I am limited to a 400mm lens and as they are so low down in the sky, the atmospheric haze is likely to make them tricky to photograph, but lets give it a try.
I will post what I get as soon as it gets darker, the sun is not long down.
Ah well , size matters when it comes to trying to get a photo of the Jupiter / Saturn conjunction.
My 400mm lens really isn't big enough to get a close enough shot of Jupiter and Saturn, this is the best I could manage tonight.
You can barely make out Saturns rings, but can't see any detail of Jupiter, which was below Saturn.
My 400mm lens really isn't big enough to get a close enough shot of Jupiter and Saturn, this is the best I could manage tonight.
You can barely make out Saturns rings, but can't see any detail of Jupiter, which was below Saturn.
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I thought I'd try a little bit of video with the 400mm, before they sank into the cloud, you can see a couple of Jupiters moons twinkling away.
Here's what it looks like with a 9.25" ince wide telescope with a 2350mm focal length