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 Dec 22 2020, 05:59 AM
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I assume that anybody here has heard about this by now. It's still a worthwhile sight in the evenings to come. I got photos of it on the three nights of closest approach, and by mixing in a long exposure for Saturn's moons (counterclockwise: Rhea, Tethys, Dione, Titan) with various exposures for other bodies, I got this photo with ten solar system bodies. A dim random star sidled alongside Ganymede.
Here is my best image, and an animation of the trio.
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Dec 23 2020, 07:58 PM
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It finally cleared in Vancouver Tuesday evening. I'm surprized there was some discussion about whether they'd be resolvable by eye - at 10'.5 they were easy to pick apart (even with my not-so-great eyesight) and I'm sure I could've at the minimum 6'. I guess viewing against a brightish sky helped and maybe Saturn could get lost in Jupiter's glare against a black sky?
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Dec 24 2020, 06:55 AM
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QUOTE (fredk @ Dec 23 2020, 07:58 PM)  It finally cleared in Vancouver Tuesday evening. I'm surprized there was some discussion about whether they'd be resolvable by eye - at 10'.5 they were easy to pick apart (even with my not-so-great eyesight) and I'm sure I could've at the minimum 6'. I guess viewing against a brightish sky helped and maybe Saturn could get lost in Jupiter's glare against a black sky? In reality they did not get as close together as the general media had us believe. They were always resolvable to my spectacle corrected vision. |
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Dec 24 2020, 06:59 AM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
Next up is the Mars/Uranus conjunction on 21 Jan 2021. That will be be harder to see as Uranus is so much dimmer.
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Dec 29 2020, 03:01 PM
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QUOTE (MahFL @ Dec 24 2020, 01:59 AM) Next up is the Mars/Uranus conjunction on 21 Jan 2021. That will be be harder to see as Uranus is so much dimmer. The most exciting thing about this conjunction is that finding Uranus will be finally achievable even for those of us who don't have go-to telescopes 
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JRehling Jupiter Saturn Conjunction Dec 22 2020, 05:59 AM
vikingmars QUOTE (JRehling @ Dec 22 2020, 06:59 AM) ... Dec 22 2020, 02:55 PM Xerxes QUOTE (JRehling @ Dec 22 2020, 12:59 AM) ... Dec 22 2020, 04:59 PM Explorer1 And here's a view from the Moon, via LROC ( ht... Dec 22 2020, 10:08 PM
MahFL Here is a pic I took quite early on the 21st. 45x ... Dec 23 2020, 12:19 AM nprev The conjunction naked-eye view from downtown Los A... Dec 23 2020, 07:18 AM JRehling Great pictures, everyone! I envy the views tha... Dec 23 2020, 09:51 AM climber That's the best I could do with poor condition... Dec 24 2020, 01:42 PM |
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