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Post by alf1951 on Oct 8, 2015 8:24:31 GMT
Early this morning I took this - moon badly over exposed unfortunately but I'm thinking I've got (moving away from the moon) Venus, Mars, Jupiter and perhaps the star Regulus near Venus. Can anyone confirm?
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Post by Tringa on Oct 8, 2015 11:22:21 GMT
Yes you are correct, Alf. Just like to say I am no great astronomer but I do have a copy of the free Stellarium www.stellarium.org/en_GB/which shows the moon, planets and Regulus just as you have captured them. Dave |
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Post by shirl100 on Oct 8, 2015 13:43:33 GMT
I saw a similar shot of the moon early on this morning with Venus clearly visible, but the moon was a crescent here, still a lovely sight though
Shirl
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Post by Tringa on Oct 8, 2015 15:54:32 GMT
I too saw the crescent moon this morning; I wish I had tried to get a shot, as it was great.
I think the slightly odd appearance of the moon in Alf's shot is due to it being, as he says, overexposed.
The moon, even as a crescent, is so much brighter than the planets that a shot to record the planets will, unfortunately, overexpose the moon and it ends up looking different to reality.
However, Alf's shot is a good record of a conjunction of planets.
Dave
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Post by alf1951 on Oct 9, 2015 7:44:28 GMT
Your right Dave - tried to get moon exposed correctly but planets virtually disappeared. I'm sure a more skilled/knowledgeable photographer would get the shot right - if I'd thought about it I should have taken two shots at different exposures and edited them together but at 05.30 that morning there was more than just my brain frozen! Thanks for the link.
Alf
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