Showing posts with label Saturn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saturn. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Moon ,Venus and Saturn on the evening sky of November 3rd

Moon ,Venus and Saturn on the evening sky of November 3rd

On the evening of November 3rd the Moon and the planets Venus and Saturn were gathering on the South-Western sky , at low altitude above the horizon.
When I started observations ,the Moon was at an altitude of 18 degrees , Venus at 12 degrees and Saturn at 13 degrees....about.

I made the observations with the naked eyes , a Hapo Lord 3.6 x 40mm Opera Glass and I took pictures with my Nikon Coolpix S 3300 camera set on the modified  Velbon tripod.
The spot used for the observations is located on the banks of Mures River which is starring sometimes in my pics.

First , only the Moon was visible.
As the Sun was sinking bellow the horizon , Venus become visible , first in binocular ,latter with naked eyes.
As the twilight was progressing toward a  darker sky , also Saturn emerged from the interplanetary abyss.

Moon and Venus






Then Saturn is also joining the party.

                                                                                  









Somewhat  ''closer '' look to the planetary encounter.





The ashenlight on the night part of the Moon was slightly visible with the naked eyes but reasonably visible in the 3.6x galilean binocular.
The color of the ashenlight was blueish-gray.

                                                                              






                                                                                  

Sunday, May 29, 2016

Mars,Antares and Saturn at the end of May 2016

Mars is at right with 2.29 mv Delta Scorpii at about the same height.
Above Delta Sco we see 2.56 mv Beta Scorpii and bellow
 the 2.89 mv Pi Scorpii.
Above the chimney there is Antares and Saturn is at the left
of the picture.


Mars , Antares and Saturn



From left : Mars , Delta Sco , Antares and Saturn.
Above Saturn we see the 2.43 mv Eta Ophiuchi at left
and 2.54 mv  Zeta Ophiuchi at right



Antares is next to the chimney , Saturn is at center- left  , Delta Scorpii and Mars at center- right.


All pics were taken on the night of May 28 / 2016 , with a hand-held Nikon Coolpix S3300 compact digital camera.

Sunday, July 26, 2015

Moon in Libra ,Saturn in Scorpius on 25 July 2015

Moon at right,Saturn at left on 25 July 2015.
Separation of  seven degree  and 9 minutes at 20:00 UT


Click on the picture to see ,apart of Moon at center and Saturn at center-left ,the stars Delta Scorpii at  left -bellow the leaves -and Pi Scorpii at low-left ,between cables.
At one o'clock direction from the Moon one will see the star Alpha 1+2 Librae or Zugenelgenubi , a very wide binocular star.

The Moon at right ,Saturn at center,Graffias at left and Delta Scorpii at low-left.
All pics taken by the author  with a hand-held Nikon Coolpix S3300 compact camera.