Hi all, These photos are of a different four-planet conjunction back in August 2010. I found them while organising my photos and realised I hadn’t posted them here on my blog. The first set was taken on the 7th August at The Entrance, NSW. It was the preparation shoot for the week after, when the Crescent [...]
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Moon and Planets Conjunction from Avoca Beach, 1st May 2011
May is the month of Conjunctions, and it all started on the 1st May when the thin Crescent Moon, Mars, Venus, Mercury and Jupiter formed a nice grouping in the pre-dawn Eastern sky. I had been looking forward to this for months, and the preparation wasn’t great. It had been raining all week, but when I [...]
Venus and the Crescent Moon Conjunction at Terrigal
Hi all Back on the 17th September 2009, there was a lovely dawn conjunction of Venus and the Crescent Moon. I woke up early and was greeted to some beautiful clear skies, so I headed out to Terrigal to capture the pairing. Click each image to see a 1200px wide version. The data has been [...]
Crescent Moon and Jupiter Conjunction, 23rd March 2009
This morning there was a beautiful conjunction featuring the waning Crescent Moon and Jupiter, less than 2° away. Looking through the eyepiece at Jupiter, she appeared to have an extra moon in an odd position – in fact it was a field star, HIP105256. The Galilean Moons were close by – Io was right next [...]
Photos of the Moon, Jupiter, Mercury & Mars Conjunction
I just love Moon and Planet conjunctions, and I just love early morning photography. When the two combine that’s when I hope to create something special. On the morning of the 23rd February, a beautiful conjunction rose in the pre-dawn sky. The Crescent Moon with earthshine on display shone brilliantly in the East as it was [...]
Pictures of the Smiley Face Conjunction
Wow, well last night certainly proved to be more stressful than was expected! After a beautiful and clear practise run on Sunday night, it was supposed to be crystal clear on Monday night too but high cloud and then thick low cloud came in during Monday afternoon which threatened to spoil the whole event for [...]
Jupiter, Venus and Crescent Moon – practise for tonight!
I did some reconnaisance last night to find a location and do some practise for tonights Smiley Face Conjunction. I ended up at Yattalunga, near Saratoga on the Central Coast of NSW – about 20-25 minutes drive from home on the edge of Brisbane Water. The location was pretty good, and suitable for tonight, just a [...]
Images in the Twilight
These images have been a long time coming – they were taken back in late June/early July, at Nambucca Heads on the mid-north coast of NSW when Anthony Wesley and I were there for a planetary imaging camp. I only just got around to processing them this week. I’m not sure why but I always [...]
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