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Just went outside to see Jupiturn. Last time they were this close together at night, Genghis Khan was war-mongering and St Francis Assisi was making his first nativity set
Courtesy of
Link to tweet
Jupiter's moons, left to right, are Callisto, Ganymede, Io, and Europa. A dim star is coincidentally near Ganymede.
Saturn's moons, going counterclockwise from left, are Rhea, Tethys, Dione, and Titan.
This was taken with a 9.25" (that means wide) Celestron telescope with a 2350mm focal length and an ASI 1600mm monochrome camera, with separate filters for clear, red, green, and blue.
I took 50 frames of RGB, at 20ms per frame, and 12 frames of clear at 200 ms.
Jupiter, Saturn, and the five brightest moons are from the RGB. The three dimmer moons of Saturn from the clear, brightness jacked way up.
You can see Jupiter's Great Red Spot.
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mfcorey1
(11,025 posts)Arne
(2,910 posts)Great job!!!
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Looks just like that comet a few months ago. Skies were overcast then, too.
dem4decades
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Cha
(300,938 posts)Amazing!
grumpyduck
(6,365 posts)Great job, and thanks for sharing.
mtnsnake
(22,236 posts)I have often looked at Saturn and Jupiter and it's moons. I don't have a telescope, but I have a quality daytime spotting scope which allows me to see the tilt of Saturn and its rings on a real clear night, but what I get to see through my scope is nothing like what you have shown us here. What an amazing shot! Thank you so much for posting this!
mia
(8,391 posts)Thank you.
dhill926
(16,531 posts)getting ready to head out soon to try and see it...
Native
(6,038 posts)Of course I'm a complete idiot so I had to use the SkyView app! Lol
Deuxcents
(17,522 posts)I didnt even think to use it until I read your comments...just came in and Wow! Saturn is just big, bright and beautiful just over the roof of my house. Great app n cant believe I didnt think of it..gonna check it out some more. Thanks
Native
(6,038 posts)kst
(69 posts)Last edited Mon Dec 21, 2020, 09:44 PM - Edit history (1)
The tweet was posted 18 hours ago as I write this. The closest approach is tonight.
It's not dark yet here on the west coast. If the sun is down where you are, go outside (with binoculars or a telescope if you have them) and take a look.
UPDATE: It's dark enough to see them on the west coast. They're visibly closer than they were last night. You'll be able to distinguish them with the naked eye only if you have reasonably good vision.
roamer65
(36,869 posts)Tonite is cold and rainy in MI, as usual for December.
Towlie
(5,391 posts)
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I saw Saturn at the 2:00 position relative to Jupiter, but I see now that apparently that photo was taken last night.
roamer65
(36,869 posts)Hes using a diagonal to put the image right side up.
Towlie
(5,391 posts)
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If it was flipped then it would be simple and easy to flip it back with a program like Windows Paint.
roamer65
(36,869 posts)Cadfael
(1,305 posts)It was cloudy here (as usual) in Illinois.
spike jones
(1,731 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)pics last night, but nothing like that. That's a beauty.
marybourg
(12,803 posts)wackadoo wabbit
(1,194 posts)I have a pair of crappy 8x25, and I swear it didn't really look any different with them or without them. I definitely didn't see either rings or moons.
marybourg
(12,803 posts)wackadoo wabbit
(1,194 posts)I guess I need to get a wider field of vision?
marybourg
(12,803 posts)astronomy. I did that many, many years ago and settled on these, which I been very happy with, although theyve gotten a little heavy for me. I no longer remember the various trade offs.
Now with the internet, the research should be easy. A good astronomy club will also be full of helpful members, even now, by phone or e-mail.
eppur_se_muova
(36,673 posts)I've actually spotted the moons of Jupiter w/nothing but glasses on a very clear night out in an unlit area. (My best corrected vision at the time was 20/10 in one eye, 20/15 in the other). It sucks living in a river valley, as far as stargazing is concerned.
wackadoo wabbit
(1,194 posts)I live in a Dark Skies City and go up to a very dark trailhead to stargaze (my neighbors feel that they just must keep their outside lights on all night), and even with my crappy binoculars I still couldn't see Jupiter's moons. I'm quite impressed!
bcool
(223 posts)We got a similar view through our 8" reflector, except the atmosphere was jumpy here in St. Louis so things were a tad blurry.
Saturn always amazes me...it looks so unreal - like a little painting in the sky
ybbor
(1,569 posts)Thx!
cate94
(2,846 posts)I appreciate seeing this, even if not in person!
BobTheSubgenius
(11,668 posts)Probably didn't pay much attention.
roamer65
(36,869 posts)Thats how our species thought back then.
Karadeniz
(22,955 posts)AllaN01Bear
(21,069 posts)lovely shot .
GeoWilliam750
(2,525 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,932 posts)look up at the winter overcast, and see two dots. or at least see where two dots should be.
Thanks to your great Cosmotography skills.
Did I just coin a word for what you do?
Thanx for posting.
Bev54
(10,704 posts)Bloody socked in and snowing here, we are not going to get the opportunity.
Fla Dem
(24,638 posts)Thanks for sharing so we all could see it.
roamer65
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BigmanPigman
(52,128 posts)Astronomy Domine by Pink Floyd
mtnsnake
(22,236 posts)The closest I came was when my wife and I saw Australian Pink Floyd a few years ago. They were awesome, although I would love to have seen the real ones.
BigmanPigman
(52,128 posts)and also The Wall and In the Flesh tours with only Roger and they were all fantastic. The Wall can't be described very well. It was more than a concert, it was a theatrical experience and the sights and sounds were incredible. The best show I have ever seen!
mtnsnake
(22,236 posts)Even without Roger, I'm glad you got to see such fantastic concerts with the other members.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,544 posts)Link to tweet
Text:
They will be about this close tomorrow night, too, and you can see Jupiter without a telescope, shortly after sunset. Saturn will be a little above it.
Science is real. Education is what elevates us above the beasts. Celebrate it and enjoy the beauty.
That's around $4,500 in telescope and camera he's using to get that shot.
Thanks for posting, Roland99. Very nice photo......
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Roland99
(53,343 posts)cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)ellie
(6,936 posts)KPN
(15,852 posts)StarryNite
(10,101 posts)It was wonderful to have such a beautiful celestial distraction to everything horrible that's going on in 2020.
ismnotwasm
(42,250 posts)Stayed for pictures
calimary
(82,753 posts)THANK YOU for these, Roland99!
Couldn't see anything where we are. It's clouded over - when it's not raining, that is.
electric_blue68
(15,962 posts)I'm glad I didn't even try to go out.
Not only can you see the Great Read Spot but a
whole wide band of reddish brown clouds!
Check out Space.com Lowell Observatory (and another Observatory near Flagstaff AZ video stream - on they might leave it up for a bit.
At first the sky was deeper but not deep blue Jupiter, and Saturn rightward, and down. Then it went purple and finally black. As it did that Saturn took on it's golden glow! (swoon)
They adjusted the viewing bc to show Saturn - Jupiter was washed out. So they readjusted it to show more of Jupiter.
It was a cool feed! 👏👏 🙂
They said you'll be able to see them easily (not quite as close) for the next 2 weeks. A bit more 1-2 days past the 2 wks .After that - TOO Dangerous bc of the sun.
kentuck
(111,705 posts)I saved it and blew it up somewhat larger and it is breathtaking!
housecat
(3,132 posts)RussBLib
(9,269 posts)Jupiter appears right on top of Saturn, making it look like Jupiter has rings, when in reality, of course, they are still millions of miles apart.
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