Observation by Martin Lewis: Planetary Montage 2018

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Martin Lewis

Observer

Martin Lewis

Observed

2018 Jan 01 - 00:00

Uploaded

2019 Jan 04 - 20:29

Objects

Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune

Equipment

444mm Dobsonian/222mm Dobsonian

Location

St Albans

Target name

Planetary Montage 2018

Title

Planetary Montage 2018

About this image

Hi,

In celebration of 2018 here is a montage of all the planets (except Earth of course) over the year just gone. All taken with my 444mm Dob except Mercury and Venus which were captured with my 222mm Dob. All rendered at the same image scale for comparison.

Details of dates/cameras/filters/altitudes are given below;

Mercury 20th May 642nm IR filter ASI290MM. Alt 47°
Venus 20th Oct 685nm IR filter ASI290MM.
Mars 24th Dec RGB ASI224MC + L filter. Alt. 35°
Jupiter 27th June ASI174MC. Alt. 23°
Saturn 26th June (opposition night) ASI224MC + L filter. Alt. 15°
Uranus 24th Dec ASI290MM colourised for aesthetic reasons. Alt. 44°
Neptune 9th Oct ASI290MM colourised for aesthetic reasons. Alt. 29°

Files associated with this observation

2018 Montage Lo Res.jpg (75.1 kB)

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