Venus and Jupiter near conjunction, June 29, 2015 This image shows Jupiter and Venus last night, June 29, 2015, at about 8:50 pm EDT. This is a small crop of an image taken with my 200 mm lens plus a 2x teleconverter, for an effective focal length of 400 mm.
You can make out the four Galilean moons of Jupiter at the top right. (Callisto is the most elusive.) I added insets (with less exposure) to show the shape and appearance of Jupiter and Venus. The crescent shape of Venus can be seen easily.
Technical details: All images taken at f/11 effective aperture, ISO 400, on a Canon 6D camera. Main image: 0.6 second exposure. Jupiter inset: 1/20 second. Venus inset: 1/320 second. Processed and assembled using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. |