Observation by Neil Morrison: Planetary hide and seek

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Neil Morrison

Observer

Neil Morrison

Observed

2019 Dec 09 - 16:59

Uploaded

2019 Dec 09 - 21:11

Objects

Venus
Saturn
Conjunction

Equipment

Sony 65a Slt
75-300 zoom
Hand Held against window frame

Exposure

F5.6 1/20sec 16000 ISO

Location

Crawley West Sussex

Target name

Venus and Saturn

Title

Planetary hide and seek

About this image

Having watched Venus play hide and seek for over an hour through the bare Branches of a line of Oaks this was the final image, hand held from my high level Observatory ( Bedroom window) of the close encounter of Venus and Saturn tonight. Saturn was not visible to the naked eye but was clearly shown on the Cameras live view. l The forecast for the next day or so looks poor so this makes up for my dismal failure to capture the transit of Mercury.

Files associated with this observation

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