amazing Venus-Mars conjunction close up 2017.10.06

[Pete Presland]

Braved "man flu" for these images, well worth it the sky was stunning. Venus and Mars were so close I thought it was an aeroplane at first! No frills here Canon 450d and a tripod!

[paulastro]

Excellent shots Pete.  I viewed the two planets close together on 5th at 6.14am.  At this time Venus and Mars were 26' apart.  The star to the left of Venus forming the triangle was Sigma Leonis, may 4.05.  Image taken with Olympus E-M5 Mk11, 75-300mm zoom set at 85mm, 16000asa, 1/6 sec leaning on the edge of a hide at Leighton Moss RSPB reserve in North Lancashire.

 

[Ouroboros]

Lovely image. I often think such simple shots with basic kit are the best really.  There's an object just below and to the left of Venus that I thought initially was one of the galaxies in Leo. But quick inspection of Sky Safari suggests there's nothing there. So maybe it's a lens reflection of Venus? 

[Pete Presland]

I also managed a close with the Helios100mm/Asi224mc as well, not often 2 planets fit in the same camera field of view at this focal length.

[johnfosteruk]

Nice images Pete and Paul. I missed it thanks to cloud so nice to see you had views.