Christmas Conjunction - Jupiter and the Moon

[badgers]

Another Conjunction shot, this looked absolutely fantastic even to the naked eye.

Anyway, something to do when the moon is this bright : )

This was taken on the Altair 80mm Triplet with a 2x Barlow and the Canon large-sensor 40D, Cropped mosaic of two frames.

This was about as close as they got (within 5 minutes or so).

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And an individual frame with Jupiter and Luna about as close as they got.

And finally, given a close-in crop of the little-fella (well due to perspective ) from the first frame

Thanks,

Anton

[Special K]

That's cool: our moon and Jupiter's in the same shot! I walked out about 7pm and saw they were close. Was grateful to see anything.

[Stu]

Lovely shots Badgers, very sharp and very nice detail on Jupiter even at that size.

They did make a very fine sight together,

Thanks

Stu

[saturn5]

Cracking detailed shots.Managed to get a brief glimpse of it later in the evening but there was so much cloud i didnt

bother setting up the scope.

[badgers]

Thanks,

The detail was boosted by stacking a few shots for each panel and adjusting the brightness, but to be fair I was blown away by how much detail was in each individual shot.

I'm not a planetary person, but the seeing and transparency here seemed excellent last night.

This was a single frame when they were at their closest, it was lovely to watch this unfolding, I must look out for more conjunctions.

Anton

[davo]

Totally stunning!

[SkyJamie]

Brilliant images Anton

Jamie

[Gonzo]

Very nice shots, one day I'll get a shot like that Jupiter one.

[Martin-Devon]

Fabulous shot Anton

[mdstuart]

Really awesome. Gives a real feeling of range and depth..

[Virgoman]

That`s a fine image Anton. Real sense of scale and perspective excellent.

Best regards,

Ralph

[teleskopjo]

http://canopus123.wordpress.com/2012/12/26/christmas-jupiter-moon-conjunction/

[Mache]

Very nice! I see this also on the night, just wish i had a decent lense/scope!