Observation by Mike Scarisbrick: Venus, Moon, Mars

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Mike Scarisbrick

Observer

Mike Scarisbrick

Observed

2017 Jan 02 - 17:00

Uploaded

2017 Jan 05 - 02:37

Objects

The Moon
Mars
Venus
Conjunction

Equipment

Canon EOS 500D
Atik GP camera
SkyWatcher 200
SkyWatcher 200 telescope
APM x2.7 barlow

Exposure

0.5 s at ISO 1600 for the wide angle shot

Location

Cambridgeshire UK

Target name

Venus Mars Moon

Title

Venus, Moon, Mars

About this image

As my recent deep sky imaging attempts are not going at all well, here we see the recent nice solar system grouping of Mars, the Moon and Venus in the twilight of the 2nd January.

Pictures taken either side of 17:00, with the Canon EOS 500D and 18-55mm zoom at 55mm (0.5 seconds ISO 1600), and the detail with an Atik GP camera on a 200mm f/5 'scope with a 2.7x barlow.
The trio of objects were drifting above the line of houses down the street, at a time when everyone's central heating was kicking in - so the seeing was appalling. Anything vaguely looking like the right shape for Venus and Mars was a bonus. The Mars image is just 4 frames out of 400, processed in registax 6. Venus is 25 frames.

Files associated with this observation

venus-moon-mars-B-2017-01-02.jpg (84.0 kB)

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Mr Leonard Entwisle, Jeremy Shears, David Basey, Clive Beech, Peter Carson

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