CONJUNCTION Venus - Moon - Jupiter

[paulastro]

Out at 5.36, very cold, -6 degrees C.   The conjunction looked really beautiful, delighted to see it as when I went to bed around midnight it was cloudy and murky.  Used the SW 72ed for some nice low power views and took the pics below, hand held with an Olympus E-M5mk11. 

At 7.10 freezing fog came in very quickly and engulfed the two planets leaving only the Moon, just as well as my fingers were frozen by this time.

 

[Stu]

Wonderful shots Paul! For once the skies played ball beautifully!

[paulastro]

Many thanks Stu, as you say, very fortunate.  It looks like the weather was clear and frosty in most places so hopefully it was widely seen.

[andrew63]

Really like the wide view in image four Paul, very atmospheric - lovely crisp morning.

 

andrew

[paulastro]

Thanks Andrew, you're very kind.  Certainly crisp, at -6 degrees C I think it's the crispiest night of the year so far

[mikeDnight]

Great IMAGES Paul!  

Where was I? ?️ 

[johnfosteruk]

Outstanding Paul. Sadly my skies were not as cooperative. 

[paulastro]

1 hour ago, mikeDnight said:

Great IMAGES Paul!  

Where was I? ?️ 

Thank you Mike.  I was going to say that some of us need our beauty sleep more than others.  I won't though, as that wouldn't be very nice would it  .

[Mark at Beaufort]

Great photos Paul of the Conjunction. We had a fabulous clear night but when I check about 5am we had dense fog - so conjunction for me

[paulastro]

1 hour ago, johnfosteruk said:

Outstanding Paul. Sadly my skies were not as cooperative. 

You're very kind John, I'm sorry you didn't have clear skies.  Looking at the pics again I was lucky, there was fog and mist  below us in the valleys which didn't creep up on us until after 7am.  I suppose it's one advantage of living at an altitude of over 800 feet.

[paulastro]

7 minutes ago, Mark at Beaufort said:

Great photos Paul of the Conjunction. We had a fabulous clear night but when I check about 5am we had dense fog - so conjunction for me

Thank you Mark.  Sorry about you being beset with fog.  It didn't creep up the hill to engulf me until 7.10am, and it happened very quickly, so I was very lucky.

[mikeDnight]

1 hour ago, paulastro said:

Thank you Mike.  I was going to say that some of us need our beauty sleep more than others.  I won't though, as that wouldn't be very nice would it  .

I'm happy to say i'm past the stage in life where beauty sleep would have any effect Paul. I console myself with the scientifically proven fact that men get more handsome and more distinguished looking as they get older. But that would imply I must have been a pretty ugly kid! (Thought I'd say it before you did)!