This beautiful conjunction between Venue and Jupiter has been going on now for over two months and has been a delight to watch and photograph.
On the evening of the 30th June, Venus and Jupiter were only 0.5 degrees apart, there was a lot of cloud in the sky but I managed to get an image, which was just great…you can also see the moons of Jupiter around the planet, which was quite amazing to capture with just a camera lens :-)
On the evening of the 30th June, Venus and Jupiter were only 0.5 degrees apart, there was a lot of cloud in the sky but I managed to get an image, which was just great…you can also see the moons of Jupiter around the planet, which was quite amazing to capture with just a camera lens :-)
~ Close encounter of Venus and Jupiter in the night sky ~
Photo 1. A very close encounter between Venus and Jupiter on the 30th June 2015 they are only 0.5 degrees apart, you can see the moons of Jupiter in the image even with all that cloud cover. Image taken with a Conan 7D camera and a 70-200mm lens F2.8 lens @135mm, ISO 1250 and a 4 second exposure…slightly cropped.
On the evening of the 18th July a new crescent Moon joined the planet to make another pretty celestial triangle in the night sky, just like they did last month.
~ Another celestial triangle in the evening sky ~
Photo 2. Another pretty celestial triangle between Venus, Jupiter and the new crescent Moon on the evening of the 18th July 2015. Image taken with a Canon 7D camera and a 17-85mm lens @64mm ISO 800 and a 4 second exposure.
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