• File: 1-day-old crescent Moon below Mercury and Venus

    by Marcos L Rockenbach Local: Caxias do Sul / Brazil Date: 27 October 2011 Left: stack 03 pictures. ISO 80, 1/13. Local time 19h23min. Right: sctack 04 pictures. ISO 80, 1/4. Local time 19h28min. Moon waxing crescent ~ 4%. Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS1. Stack and contrast Photohop...
  • File: Adios Venus!

    by Dave F. Photo taken from Peoria AZ. on Oct. 16,2009 at 5:50 am.Last Moon & Venus pairing for 2009?
  • File: Christmas conjunction: Jupiter & the Moon

    In Christmas night I went outside to view Jupiter-Moon conjunction. It was a bit cloudy over here but I managed to get a glimpse of the event between the clouds. The scene was already impressive with the naked eye but the view through the eyepiece was absolutely amazing! It's not everyday that one...
  • File: Conjunction of the Moon with the Pleiades

    by Antonis Farmakopoulos A beautiful conjunction of the moon with the Pleiades, the most famous open star cluster in the sky occurred last night. This shot was captured few seconds before the disappearance of the 4.1 magnitude star Merope, which is visible attached to the moon’s dark limb which is lit...
  • File: Crescent Moon and Venus

    by John E. McGill Sep. 16, 2009 6:18 a.m., Central time, Chicago, IL, Canon digital camera, ISO 200, exposure 1/30s.
  • File: Jupiter and Moon over Long Valley

    Jupiter and Moon Rise Over Long Valley, taken September 11, 2012
  • File: Jupiter and the moon in conjunction 11-28-12

    A "normal" view of our Moon and the Planet Jupiter just less than a degree apart. This photo was made with a Cannon 60Da and a Carl Zeiss 50mm lens at f8, 1/640 sec. exposure using ISO 320. November 28. 2012
  • File: Mars at opposition and Moon at perigee

    Attached is a photo taken on January 29, 2010, at 8:20 PM showing Mars at opposition and the Moon at perigee. This photo is a composite of two pictures taken with a Sony DSC-F707 camera using a 10x zoom. The picture of Mars was taken at F2.4 aperture at a shutter speed of 1/10 set at ISO 100. The picture...
  • File: Moon - Jupiter occultation.

    Jupiter appears behind the moon after being hidden, this was a beautiful astronomical phenomenon. The photo was taken through a Meade LX 200 and using afocal mode with a Canon T2i and a 50 mm. lens. Vicuña, Chile.
  • File: Moon and Mercury 11 August 2010

    Local: Caxias do Sul / Brazil Local Time: 18h34' Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS1, ISO 80, 8 sec exposure. Mixed 02 pictures, Photoshop CS4.
  • File: Moon and Saturn over Smyrna, GA

    2011/05/14 22:55:55.0 The moon was creating an almost 'nebula' view with the clouds. Saturn is to the moon's 10-11 o'clock position. Shot with a Nikon D7000 75MM - Processed with Adobe Raw/Photoshop 5 ( to bring out a little bit more color in the clouds ) . These were some of my...
  • File: Our Moon and Jupiter in conjunction

    Cloudy and very windy here in Jadwin Missouri tonight. But as luck would have it a few breaks in the clouds allowed me to photograph this conjunction of Jupiter and our Moon. Tonight I submit a black and white image with a slightly overexposed Moon that shows some Earth Shine, and if you look closely...
  • File: Sounio morning conjunction.

    by Elias Chasiotis A Venus - crescent moon conjunction over the beautiful colors of the morning twilight, at Cape Sounio, Greece. Canon EOS 450D, Sigma 18-50 F2.8 lens at F5.6, ISO 200, exposure 1.6 seconds.
  • File: Sounio temple with setting Moon and Saturn

    by Elias Chasiotis A crescent moon setting over the ancient Greek temple of Poseidon at Sounio, Greece. Saturn is at the upper right of the photo. August 3, 2008, 17:16 UT. Canon EOS 450D, 200mm F2.8 lens at 115mm and F5.6, ISO 400, exp. 0.5 sec.
  • File: The Moon and four planets - dawn 29 April 2011

    by Marcos L Rockenbach Local: Caxias do Sul / Brazil Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS1 Scenery left: ISO 80. 8 sec exposure. Local time 06h09min. Scenery right: ISO 80. 3,2 sec exposure. Local time 06h11min Moon top: Stack 03 pictures. 5, 6 and 8 sec exposure. Optical zoom 12x. Moo bottom...
  • File: The Moon and Jupiter

    This is a single 1/320th second exposure with a 66mm Telescope and a Nikon D800 camera taken on the evening of Jan 21, 2013. Note the cloud bands of Jupiter when you zoom in.
  • File: The Moon and Jupiter above Ottawa

    A bright waning gibbous Moon shines above Ottawa with Jupiter to its lower left. Parliament Hill is to the right of this image with its reflection in the Ottawa River.
  • File: The Moon and Jupiter with some of its moons in conjunction

    November 28, 2012, The Moon and Jupiter were in conjunction. This photograph is over exposed to reveal three of Jupiters moons. I used a Cannon 60Da camera with a Baader Vario finder as a lens at f4.1 and about 1/3 of a second exposure with an ISO setting of 200. A bit of cropping was done.
  • File: The Moon and Venus 9/12/2012

    An Early Morning view of Venus & the Moon September 12, 2012 from Dobbs Ferry NY Shot with a Nikon D90
  • File: The Moon, Saturn, and Zubenelgenubi

    This morning (January 6, 2013) I made this photograph of the Moon close to the Planet Saturn. Below the two is the Star Zubenelgenubi (really a double Star). I used a Cannon 60Da camera with a Baader Vario Finder (61 x 250) as a telephoto lens. A 2.5 second exposure at f 4.1 and an ISO setting of 200...
  • File: The Moon, Venus, and the Beehive Cluster (M44) on 12 Sep 2012

    I send you an image I have captured today at dawn. In this image we can see the crescent Moon pairing up with the planet Venus. In the vicinity of Venus, about 2½° south, you can catch a glimpse of the glorius M44, the Beehive Star Cluster. I hope you find this image interesting and post it...
  • File: Thin old Moon and Mercury

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  • File: Two Day Old Moon and Aldebaran

    Tonight I wish to submit an image I made of a beautiful Two Day Old Moon and the Star, Aldebaran. I made the image at 20:54:28 local time here in Jadwin, Missouri on 05/11/2013. I had been rained out the evening before as I tried to photograph the new Moon, only hours old. But tonight we enjoyed crystal...
  • File: Venus and Mercury in the morning sky - 8 January 2011

    Local: Caxias do Sul / Brazil Local time: 07h45min Scenery: Camera Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH20, ISO 80, 1/500. Venus and Mercury: Telescope Celestron NexStar SE6, Camera Meade LPI plus barlow 2x. Venus: stack 04 pictures ( every picture stack, at least, 50 frames by software Meade LPI ), local...