Venus and Jupiter

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Dave Lillis
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Venus and Jupiter

Post by Dave Lillis » Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:21 pm

Hi,
Given the ongoing apparition of these 2 planets in the western sky, I had to point the scope at them and get some shots, I didn't want to wait til it got dark as the planets would only get nearer to the horizon and become blurred, so I got them in daytime,


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http://farm1.staticflickr.com/373/18626 ... 5d38_z.jpg

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https://farm1.staticflickr.com/256/1802 ... d0c5_z.jpg

and form completion, here's one of Saturn , it was only a few degrees above to roof of a house so you can image the heat swirls causing bad seeing... and thet was when it was crossing the meridian !
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https://farm1.staticflickr.com/408/1803 ... cdc206.jpg
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Re: Venus and Jupiter

Post by Frank Ryan » Wed Jun 10, 2015 1:08 am

Great stuff Dave. 3 planets in one session is good work!

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Re: Venus and Jupiter

Post by Dave Lillis » Wed Jun 10, 2015 11:37 pm

Thanks man,
i went back and reprocessed the Venus image, it looked a little toooo blue.

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Re: Venus and Jupiter

Post by Simon Kenny » Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:16 pm

Very nice Dave well done.

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