Astrophotography -once in a life time challenge Jupiter and Saturn " double planet "

DeadJohn · 12-23-2020, 04:50 PM

It rained the day before closest conjunction with clouds for the day-of and day after. My K-1 and 850mm lens+TC were waiting for a cloud break that never came.

Nearby friends had better luck with the clouds:

40 miles east of me, this closeup view, captured with a telescope, video camera, and stacking software magic. The Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn ( Steven Bellavia ) - AstroBin
40 miles west of me, a wider view that includes a "foreground" object. Login ? Instagram

**jheu02** · 12-30-2020, 05:35 PM - **3 Likes**

Here was one of my better ones. This just from the jpg, cropped to 800 x 600, then denoised the jpg artifacts, adjusted curves to give a blacker background, resized to 1200 x 900, and then unsharp mask.
Shot with K20D + SMC Pentax (K) 400/5.6 @ f/8

**kwb** · 12-31-2020, 03:00 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by jheu02

Here was one of my better ones. This just from the jpg, cropped to 800 x 600, then denoised the jpg artifacts, adjusted curves to give a blacker background, resized to 1200 x 900, and then unsharp mask.
Shot with K20D + SMC Pentax (K) 400/5.6 @ f/8

That's quite nice John!

I had some time today to process the shots I took on the next day (Dec/22) where the seeing was still not really good but better than on Dec/21. The planets were not as close to each other as the previous day (thus "Great-ish Conjunction" title).
This is a stack of 88 frames out of 681 I ended up making. Pentax Q7 and Orion Space Probe 3 (700mm f/9.2), ISO 200, 1/15 sec (i.e. 5.9 sec total exposure).

Great-ish Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, Dec/22/2020 by k kwb, on Flickr

12-23-2020, 04:50 PM	#31
DeadJohn Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: New York Posts: 4,834	It rained the day before closest conjunction with clouds for the day-of and day after. My K-1 and 850mm lens+TC were waiting for a cloud break that never came. Nearby friends had better luck with the clouds: 40 miles east of me, this closeup view, captured with a telescope, video camera, and stacking software magic. The Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn ( Steven Bellavia ) - AstroBin 40 miles west of me, a wider view that includes a "foreground" object. Login ? Instagram

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12-30-2020, 05:35 PM - 3 Likes	#32
jheu02 Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: North Carolina Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,027	Here was one of my better ones. This just from the jpg, cropped to 800 x 600, then denoised the jpg artifacts, adjusted curves to give a blacker background, resized to 1200 x 900, and then unsharp mask. Shot with K20D + SMC Pentax (K) 400/5.6 @ f/8

12-31-2020, 03:00 PM - 2 Likes	#33
kwb Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Pacific North West Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,224	Originally posted by jheu02 Here was one of my better ones. This just from the jpg, cropped to 800 x 600, then denoised the jpg artifacts, adjusted curves to give a blacker background, resized to 1200 x 900, and then unsharp mask. Shot with K20D + SMC Pentax (K) 400/5.6 @ f/8 That's quite nice John! I had some time today to process the shots I took on the next day (Dec/22) where the seeing was still not really good but better than on Dec/21. The planets were not as close to each other as the previous day (thus "Great-ish Conjunction" title). This is a stack of 88 frames out of 681 I ended up making. Pentax Q7 and Orion Space Probe 3 (700mm f/9.2), ISO 200, 1/15 sec (i.e. 5.9 sec total exposure). Great-ish Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, Dec/22/2020 by k kwb, on Flickr