Friday, February 20, 2015

They're Alright Tonight

Lunar/planetary conjunction as seen from TSG's doorstep

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3 comments:

Parm said...

Wow. That is a completely excellent image. Long exposure time?

Very, very cool.

February 20, 2015 at 11:14 PM
Willard "Love and War" Biscuit said...

If you have a clear view of the southwestern sky after sunset tonight, the planets will be even closer together.

Funny thing, I wouldn't have seen this if that tree hadn't fallen over a couple of months ago. I just happened to look out the window last night and, wow--there was my blogpost right there. I was really surprised how red Mars appeared to the unaided eye.

Exposure time wasn't really that long(1/4sec) because I was using the auto/"no flash mode" which boosted the ASA to 3200.

February 21, 2015 at 8:42 AM
Star Parm said...

We spotted them last night. Can't see them from our home cuz of a hill, but when driving into town, there they were. Sans the moon, however, which had risen higher in the sky.

A red Mars fer sure!

February 23, 2015 at 8:42 AM

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