Observation by Martin Lewis: Parade of the Planets 2022

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Martin Lewis

Observer

Martin Lewis

Observed

2022 Jan 01 - 00:00

Uploaded

2023 Jan 01 - 22:11

Objects

Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune

Equipment

444mm Dobsonian for all except Venus and Mercury
222mm Dobsonian for Venus and Mercury

Location

St Albans, UK

Target name

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

Title

Parade of the Planets 2022

About this image

My 2022 Parade of the Planets - to celebrate the passing of 2022:

Mercury 7th August 222mm Dobsonian with ASI290MM and Baader 685nm filter
Venus 5th Jan 2022 222mm Dob with ASI290MM and AN 807nm filter
Mars 22nd Nov 2022 444mm Dob with Uranus C colour camera
Jupiter 11th Oct 2022 444mm Dob with ASI482MC
Saturn L(IR)RGB 11th Oct 2022 444mm Dob with ASI174mm and AN 642nm filter for L and ASI482MC for RGB
Uranus 13th Jan 2022 444mm Dob with ASI290MM and 685nm Baader filter
Neptune 7th Dec 2022 444mm Dob with ASI290MM and Baader 610nm filter

Martin

Files associated with this observation

2022 Parade of the Planets resized.png (277.1 kB)

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Comments

Dr Paul Leyland, 2023 Jan 02 - 17:39 UTC

An occultation of Venus by Mars. You don't see that very often!

Nice work.

Martin Lewis, 2023 Jan 03 - 11:33 UTC

No very rare Paul. Think this may be the only image of it in combination with the unusually close planetary line-up in 2022 captured here :-)

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