Submission Gallery: Moon-Jupiter-Venus Conjunction

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Post by StefanoDeRosa » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:20 am

Moon and planets parade
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Please find below an image taken on February 24, 2012, showing Jupiter, Venus and the crescent Moon shining over the St. Vito Church (Turin, Italy) and the silhouette of the Alps with on the left the peak of Monte Viso (mt. 3,841)

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Re: Submission Gallery: Moon-Jupiter-Venus Conjunction

Post by ccdbalkon » Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:49 am

26.02.2012 18 UT

Moon-Jupiter-Venus
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Post by owlice » Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:11 pm

Jupiter, Moon and Venus over the Appeal to the Great Spirit, Boston
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Three Planets Over Stagecoach
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Post by owlice » Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:15 pm

Additional images will be posted this evening; thanks to all for sharing!
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Post by SubDriver738 » Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:46 pm

Moon-Jupiter-Venus Vertex over Springfield, Missouri. Picture taken Feb 26, 2012 by Chuck Shepherd.
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Re: Submission Gallery: Moon-Jupiter-Venus Conjunction

Post by Chris Peterson » Mon Feb 27, 2012 2:41 pm

While all the images in this submission gallery are individually pleasing, what I really like here is the gallery itself... the sense of a single astronomical event witnessed (near) simultaneously all over the world, with various geologic or cultural elements in the foreground. A gallery like this really emphasizes that we all live on one world, in the same way pictures of Earth from space does.
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Post by Seantos » Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:28 am

Mercury, Crescent Moon, Venus, and Jupiter during Tucson, Arizona's Sunset:

Crescent Moon, Venus, and Jupiter in downtown Tucson, Arizona


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Re: Submission Gallery: Moon-Jupiter-Venus Conjunction

Post by bethkatz » Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:18 am

Planets and Moon from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Mercury at lower right with branch pointing to it, Venus, the Moon, and Jupiter.
26 February, 2012 about 18:25 EST
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Post by Seantos » Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:22 am

Tonight's Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Waxing Crescent Moon.

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Post by owlice » Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:36 am

Zodiacal light + conjunction
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Venus and the Moon
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Conjunction over Rome
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Venus - Moon Conjunction
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Post by owlice » Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:00 pm

Chris Peterson wrote:While all the images in this submission gallery are individually pleasing, what I really like here is the gallery itself... the sense of a single astronomical event witnessed (near) simultaneously all over the world, with various geologic or cultural elements in the foreground. A gallery like this really emphasizes that we all live on one world, in the same way pictures of Earth from space does.
This. Thank you, Chris.
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Re: Submission Gallery: Moon-Jupiter-Venus Conjunction

Post by Chris Peterson » Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:07 pm

Four Nights
This is the conjunction captured over four nights, at about the same time (24 Feb - 27 Feb, ~18:50 MST), by my video allsky meteor camera. You can see the nightly eastward movement of the Moon, and also the slight closing of Jupiter and Venus.
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Lunar conjunction caught by VHF antenna-web...

Post by rmg » Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:21 pm

About a 10 sec exposure, f5 . . .
Near Huntsville, AL.
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Post by stud_muffler » Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:31 am

Rhode Island, USA - Feb.23 2012 18:10

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Post by owlice » Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:57 am

Planets and Moon over Luzern, Switzerland
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Conjunction over Heavy, population: 20
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Post by owlice » Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:16 pm

Moon, Planets, Clouds over Superior
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Diamonds over Normandy
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Conjunction Panorama of Pic du Midi
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Post by Joe Stieber » Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:14 pm

Jupiter, Venus and the Crescent Moon
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Saturday evening, 25-February-2012, at 6:23 pm EST from my backyard in Maple Shade, NJ, USA. I had to edure fast-moving broken clouds, waiting for all three objects to appear simultaneously. Jupiter is at the upper-left apex of the slender triangle they formed while Venus below right of Jupiter, next to the moon. Canon 40D digital SLR camera with a Sigma 18-50 mm f/2.8 zoom lens set to 18 mm focal length. Exposed 1/6 second (handheld) at f/2.8, ISO 800 Sunday evening, 26-February-2012 at 6:24 pm EST from Carranza Field in Wharton State Forest, NJ, USA. The evening was quite clear, so for something different, here's a view of just the objects themselves. Since the previous evening, the moon has moved about 12 degrees eastward and is now near Jupiter. Canon 40D digital SLR camera (on a tripod) with a Sigma 18-50 mm f/2.8 zoom lens set to 50 mm focal length (then cropped a little vertically). Exposed 1/2 second at f/2.8, ISO 400

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Post by terror2001 » Thu Mar 01, 2012 5:57 am

2/26/2012
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Post by villanus » Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:32 am

Greetings!
Some more pictures from the conjunction of the month from Spain
In the month of March we will continue trying :wink:

Clear skies for all

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Re: Submission Gallery: Moon-Jupiter-Venus Conjunction

Post by stully » Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:33 pm

Here are my scenes from Feb 26 this was truly a beautiful clear night!

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Post by Seantos » Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:45 pm

Monday's Venus, Jupiter, and Waxing Crescent Moon alignment at St Augustine Cathedral.

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Post by jackfusco » Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:46 am

Just a quick picture I snapped on my way home. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to make it anywhere darker, so I took a seat on the bench and took a couple shots of me staring up.

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Post by MarkB » Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:25 am

The picture from Turin also has Mercury in it - just to the left and above the tower at the bottom.

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Post by leod » Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:58 pm

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Canopus, Sirius, Betelgeuse, Aldebaran, the Moon, Jupiter, and Venus February 29, 2012

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Post by Tamas Abraham » Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:13 am

Crescent Moon, bright Venus and Jupiter
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