Venus & Mars: A Lovers Dance

[orion25]

If men are from Mars and women from Venus, a lovely dance will be taking place this first week in October. The two planets will be in conjunction in the pre-dawn sky, being within the field of telescopic view on Thursday and Friday mornings (less than 1/4 degree apart on Thursday and about a half-degree on Friday). A great visual and photographic opportunity!
Here is a conjunction of Venus and Neptune that I photographed recently:

 

I look forward to seeing Venus and Mars together. Should make an awesome couple!

Clear skies,
Reggie

[Pig]

I see Neptune is coming along to steal her away so Venus will file for a divorce by Christmas and she will want half of his orbit and all of Deimos.... what an old synic I am ? On the positive side what a lovely romantic post. I too have been looking at Venus and Mars together this morning and they are indeed a beautiful sight.

[Pete Presland]

Fingers crossed for a few gaps later this week.

[orion25]

16 hours ago, Pig said:

I see Neptune is coming along to steal her away so Venus will file for a divorce by Christmas and she will want half of his orbit and all of Deimos.... what an old synic I am ? On the positive side what a lovely romantic post. I too have been looking at Venus and Mars together this morning and they are indeed a beautiful sight.

Haha, clever interpretation, Pig  Yes, I am a romantic at heart. Don't forget to look at the lovely couple through your scope on Thursday and Friday mornings.

[orion25]

8 hours ago, Pete Presland said:

Fingers crossed for a few gaps later this week.

Absolutely, Pete. Do you plan to get some photos?

[Pete Presland]

7 hours ago, orion25 said:

Absolutely, Pete. Do you plan to get some photos?

Hope so, but not looking very promising as usual 

[Dave In Vermont]

I congratulate you, Reggie. You're the first one to photograph Neptune in such a way(?) as to capture it's "Icy-Neptune Blue" colour! I've seen many images taken by many people, but that's the first time I've seen the tell-tale colour captured. Nice going!

That colour is unique in the stars, and how I'm certain I could easily pick Neptune out of a crowd of candidates without needing a chart - except to get me into the immediate proximity, of course.

Thanks, my Brother!

Dave

[orion25]

23 minutes ago, Dave In Vermont said:

I congratulate you, Reggie. You're the first one to photograph Neptune in such a way(?) as to capture it's "Icy-Neptune Blue" colour! I've seen many images taken by many people, but that's the first time I've seen the tell-tale colour captured. Nice going!

That colour is unique in the stars, and how I'm certain I could easily pick Neptune out of a crowd of candidates without needing a chart - except to get me into the immediate proximity, of course.

Thanks, my Brother!

Dave

Wado, Dave! I was a bit surprised that Neptune's hue came out so well myself. It's one of my favorite planetary shots, along with this one of Mars and Uranus:

[goodricke1]

21 arc-minutes separation at 5.32 UT this morning, Oct 5. Venus 140 million miles distant, Mars 230 million miles and sigma Leonis 1,200 million million miles -

[orion25]

9 hours ago, goodricke1 said:

21 arc-minutes separation at 5.32 UT this morning, Oct 5. Venus 140 million miles distant, Mars 230 million miles and sigma Leonis 1,200 million million miles -

That is beyond beautiful!

[PeterCPC]

I caught this at about 05.40 this morning.

Peter

[RT65CB-SWL]

Nice captures/photos chaps. 

[orion25]

On 10/6/2017 at 03:16, PeterCPC said:

I caught this at about 05.40 this morning.

Peter

Great composition and color! Thanks for posting, Peter.

Reggie