Jupiter Saturn Conjunction T-1day

The grand final is foreseen for december 21 but clouds could spoil this event. Therefor everything was set for today and with great success... an open sky for one hour!

I used my Dobson 12" with a 9mm lens and took photos afocal with my iPhone 11. 

Next to this I took pictures with ASI224MC and TLAPO80/480 f/6 barlowx2. Stacking was done using AutoStakkert! and final editing using CS4. Both planets are within the field of view... wow.

Jupiter-Saturn December 19

In the openingsin the cloud I could see the close encounter of Jupiter and Saturn. No real time to allign but anyway.. I could take some pictures of this rare event. The final is foreseen for next monday december 21, 2020

Jupiter - Saturn Conjunction Series : watch now or wait till 2080

How rare are Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions? And how often are they getting close as 6.1 arcmin?
I searched the internet and found this link : https://sparky.rice.edu/~hartigan/public-night/jupsat2.html  

When looking at this list we see that a simular conjunction took place in 1563 BC and 709BC. We also see some real close encounters in 372 and 1226 BC and it is believed that this could be observed.

How close is 6.1 arcmin, the distance next december 21, 2020? Tom compare, the moon is about 0.5° or 30 arcmin. I used software Stellarium to make this more visible using the field of view of my ASI224MC camera and my 80/480mm telescoop with barlow x2

The next close Jupiter-Saturn conjunction will take place in the year 2080. 

NOAA18 Weather Image

Weather Image from NOAA 18 weather satellite, dated today at UT9h56. Nurnberg WebSDR was used and this time I used my hardwired internet in stead of wifi network. Pictures are stacked and edited using CS4 and noise removal by DeNoise AI.

Lecture : Neutron Stars are Weird

On feb 1, 2020 the University of Maasticht organizes an online and offline lecture "Neutron Stars are Weird".

Moon Jupiter Saturn December 18 2020

Jupiter and Saturn getting closer and closer. Picture taken with Nikon D7500 and 18-200mm lens. The insert was taken with ASI224MC and TLAPO80/480 f/6. 

Moon-Jupiter-Saturn

This evening both the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn low above the south-western horizon.