Clouds cleared around 4:30PM, just in time to see the 'great conjunction'. So I ran across the street and grabbed these photos.
The first one was early but I liked the composition with the foreground. Hard to spot the conjunction. The other were a bit later and you can clearly see the Jupiter-Saturn separation.
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Roger M.
Celestron CPC1100 EDGE, Stellarvue 130T refractor dual mounted on iOptron CEM120 on permanent pier mounted in Observatory. Imaging camera ZWO ASI2600 OSC, guide camera Lodestar or ZWO ASI290MM.
Nice pictures all, Roger. The parting of the clouds was miraculous. I managed to get one or two keepers myself.
Tom
Tom H
"Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence." - Louis Pasteur
My older brother Ed Nowak who lives in SC.took this with an I-phone through a 6" F9 Dob that I built using a mirror my Dad (also Ed) made back in the 1950's. Brother Ed is no astronomer or imager and I was amazed that he got this. The Dob design was not yet invented back when Pop did the mirror and he just did not have the funds (firefighter and construction worker feeding five kids!) to acquire a suitable mount. I found the mirror when he passed a number of years ago and built a Dob so we could utilize the "heirloom" mirror. Kudos to Ed & Ed!!
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Frank N
Stellarvue 80mm APO, Skyguider Pro, Celestron AVX
"I'm a seeker too. But my dreams aren't like yours. I can't help thinking that somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man. Has to be"
Frank, great story and amazing image. Thanks for sharing.
Chuck M.
Meade 8" LX200 Classic OTA
iOptron CEM40EC and MiniPier on Meade classic field tripod
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L II
Canon 7D Mark II
ZWO 60mm f/4.6 GS with ASI120MM-S camera
Starizona SCT Corrector II and Virtual View 2" Rotating Visual Back
Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox
Nice picture too...you can make out the oval shape Saturn and Jupiter's Moons
Roger
Roger M.
Celestron CPC1100 EDGE, Stellarvue 130T refractor dual mounted on iOptron CEM120 on permanent pier mounted in Observatory. Imaging camera ZWO ASI2600 OSC, guide camera Lodestar or ZWO ASI290MM.
You are the part of an astronomy family dynasty like the Herschels, Frank. Very interesting story.
Hope you had a great Christmas.
Tom
Tom H
"Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence." - Louis Pasteur
"I'm a seeker too. But my dreams aren't like yours. I can't help thinking that somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man. Has to be"
