I saw that the ISS was makinga pass tonight and decided to go outside and check it out. It was only about 20 minutes past sunset, so long exposures to pick up the trail were difficult. Using a zoom and low ISO got some results.
There was supposed to be cargo ship nearby, but it was too bright to see the much dimmer satellite.
I turned a little to the south of this image and saw the Moon and Jupiter rising over the Rincon Mountains.
Go out tomorrow shortly after sunset. The Moon will have moved to the east (left) of Jupiter. Should be a nice pairing.
Reprinted with permission from the Half-Astrophysicist Blog.
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HB...would you be able to see these with one of those telescopes you talked about a while ago. The one you put together yourself?
Hale, is Jupiter what I have been seeing in the morning to the east or is it Venus??? I wanted to ask you over the weekend, but forgot...oops.
Ser, you could see these pics naked eye, no telescope required. With the Galileoscope you would get a nice view of Moon craters and the Galilean Moons. You don't want to try and find satellites with it...to see satellites through a telescope you usually need a tracking mount that is programmed to follow them.
Beejay, the morning object is Venus. Jupiter is in the southeast near sunset (my pic was taken facing to the southeast) and moves west as the night goes on, setting before dawn.
There are some nice conjunctions of different objects with Venus coming up...will be blogging on them in a week or so.
Oh, I'm catching on...I thought it was Venus in the a.m. and now I just spotted Jupiter with my naked eye!!!!
Great pics, hale.
Watch that naked stuff, beejay. We are too far away to come and bail you out! ;>
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