Conjunction of Moon, Mercury and Venus tonight

[astroman001]

The crescent Moon, Mercury and Venus made a lovely sight after sunset tonight. Mercury is to the right of the moon about halfway towards Venus at lower right.

Peter

[Davey-T]

Lovely image Peter, got no view in that direction from my garden, would have to travel, is astro' imaging on the list with  golf and fishing ? 😁

Dave

[Ant]

Dave, the police round here have no issue with being out for a spot of stargazing.

I've been out the house twice for non essential purposes. Last night to see the conjunction, and 28 days ago to see the crescent moon  The Police were fine. 

That's a lovely couple of images Peter   Even though Mercury is easy to spot in the second, I like the one with the ground in the errr foreground best. It adds something nice to the image I think,

Cheers

Ant  

[astroman001]

Thanks for the feedback. They were taken with a  Nikon DSLR and zoom lens on a tripod 1/6th sec f/13 at ISO 320, 60mm and 110mm f/l.

Peter

[RT65CB-SWL]

Hi @astroman001. Please forgive me for my ignorance; but may I ask which Nikon body and zoom lens you use?

I have a Nikon D40x & D80 (plus the supplied Nikkor DX (18-55mm) lens) and a Tamron AF17N (70-300mm) zoom.
I do not appear to be getting 'good' images at present with either at present. Any advice would be appreciated.

Tnx in adv. 

[astroman001]

Can you post an image showing your problems?  Are you using a tripod? Also use manual focus and turn image stabilisation off.  The camera can't focus on a featureless sky. The camera was a 5200 and the lens a Tamron 18-270mm. Other details in the original post above.

Peter

Edited May 26, 2020 by astroman001