Did anyone get to see the conjunction ?

[Stu]

Lovely out there now. Have just had a good look naked eye, and also through the 10x50 and 15x50is binos. They fit nicely in the fov in both, slightly tighter in the canons but the image was significantly better and more stable as is probably to be expected; shows the benefit of the stabilisation but also the quality of the canon optics. All four galilean moons clearly visible. Very nice

Stu

[spaceboy]

Not the best picture in world but the skies are clear so I'm not complaining

[Starlight 1]

Not a thing here in Turnipshire.

[Stu]

Nice one Nick. I see a couple of moons so can't be too bad

Glad you got some clear skies finally, we seem to have had a run of a few reasonable ones down here

Stu

[queeniejo]

Been cloudy here in Cornwall, for what seems like weeks now. Looks like the rest of this week is going to be the same too. Ah well have to stay in and open a bottle of red!!!!!

[scoobee]

being new to astronomy I was waiting and waiting for the cloud to clear but no such luck, nevermind what goes around comes around,

What will be the next "do not miss event",please.

[Starlight 1]

being new to astronomy I was waiting and waiting for the cloud to clear but no such luck, nevermind what goes around comes around,

What will be the next "do not miss event",please.

I think its got something to with the laws of physics (or living in the UK)

[RikM]

Here is a sequence of images that I shot over a few days to show the coming together:

Not very photogenic and I have a couple of more attractive ones before and after the conjunction but these are the only ones I spanning of the whole sequence.

[Adz]

I actually really like the different blues Rik!

[earth titan]

Work commitments got in the way again......

Beruit this time. No chance of seeing it, as it has been cloudy and raining here

[spaceboy]

Here is a sequence of images that I shot over a few days to show the coming together:

Not very photogenic and I have a couple of more attractive ones before and after the conjunction but these are the only ones I spanning of the whole sequence.

Those are real good pics Rik, what lens did you use? I had to make do with the piece of c**p 75-300 that came with the 1100D. If I'd have known how bad it was I would have just gone for the body. No wonder they offer them as a combo, don't get any free rides in this life.

[RikM]

I used a Canon EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens

This is the standard lens that lives on my camera. Other than the zoom keeps extending on its own when hanging round your neck pointing downward, I like this lens a lot.

[SheffieldAstronomer]

The past few nights seem to have either been misty or foggy. Not very favourable conditions.

[sologuitarist61]

Yes, managed to catch the conjunction which luckily happened just prior to the foggy weather coming in (it encroached over the pair even as we watched!). That is unusal for me as I usually miss all the important events - one of the problems of living in Cornwall I'm afraid, we are surrounded by ocean so cloudy weather seems to be the norm.