SS Photos

This is the entry page for interesting sky photos that contain (visible) solar system objects.  Here are pictures from the Venus and Jupiter conjunction of February 1st, 2008.  You have to make choices on exposure - the moon is very bright, the planets are bright, and the stars are dim in comparison.   The eye captures this much better than a camera.  Mother nature is hard to beat sometimes... 

Bright Satellites - Venus and Space Station
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The brightest planet with the brightest artificial satellite. Olympus 1/20s, ISO800

Venus and Jupiter conjunction on 08-02-01
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Venus is higher and brighter. Jupiter is right below it. Moon is in the upper right.

Moon is still overexposed to show the planets
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Getting brighter now. Moon is in Scorpius and you can see Antares (mag -1) on the left.

These pictures are ordered by time.
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Close-up of Venus and Jupiter. Seeing was bad as you can see if you zoom in.

Overexposed shot for moon lovers!
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From left to right: Callisto, Europa, Ganymede. Io is lost in the glare of Jupiter.

Morning is coming
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Planets are being lost to day. Moon is less overexposed so you can see it's crescent shape better.

A quick picture of the Moon
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Not a great picture but it lets you imagine what the Moon looked like.

Venus and Jupiter six days later (08-02-07)
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Notice how far the two planets have moved. Venus is below and still brighter.