Last February 25, 2012, a lot of us witnessed a beautiful sighting featuring our very own Moon together with planet Jupiter and Venus. We’ve collected some of those amazing conjunction photos submitted to us through Flickr and the Bad Astronomy and Universe Today forum.
The image above was captured in the skies of Italy by Marco T. on February 25, 2012 using Canon EOS 500D.
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Conjunction of Jupiter, Moon and Venus. Image Credit: Neil Ghosh
Neil Ghosh took this picture of the conjunction of Jupiter, Moon and Venus on February 26, 2012. He used a Sony DSC-HX9V camera.
February 26, 2012 Conjunction with Pleiades. Image Credit: Chris Christopherson
Chris Christopherson was able to obtain a photo of the Moon, Venus and Jupiter with Pleiades. He captured this image on February 26, 2012. Here are the camera specs provided by Chris:
Canon T1i 29mm, 13sec exp, f3.5, ISO800
Labels added and processed in Photoshop CS3
Jupiter, Moon and Venus. Image Credit: Gadieid
Gadied submitted this image through the Bad Astronomy and Universe Today forum. The image was taken from Israel.
“It is interesting to see that the 7 hours difference between Israel and the US produce so different photos. In Israel, the moon was more or less in the middle between Jupiter and Venus, but in the US, 7 hours and 3-4 degree later, it was much nearer to Jupiter!”
Here’s the link to Gadied’s blog.
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus Conjuction. Image Credit: ScottieM3
Here’s another astrophoto submission from the Bad Astronomy and Universe Today forum. The image was taken by ScottieM3 outside his back door in Providence, RI on February 26, 2012.
Conjunction of the Moon, Venus and Jupiter. Image Credit: Austin Russie
This photo was taken by Austin Russie of Florida on February 24, 2012 using a Canon EOS Digital Rebel camera.
Moon, Venus and Jupiter Conjuction. Image Credit: Hellobozos
Here’s another picture of the conjunction taken by Hellobozos on February 25, 2012 around 7 to 8 pm in Orlando, Florida.
Moon, Jupiter and Venus. Image Credit: Jason Hill
Jason Hill captured this image of the conjunction on February 26, 2012. Venus is on the lower part of the photo. Jason used a Canon 50D camera on a tripod with a 24mm lens.
Moon, Venus, Jupiter and ISS. Image Credit: Raymond Gilchrist
This photo was taken by Raymond Gilchrist on February 24, 2012 using a Canon EOS 350D Digital. Aside from Venus, Jupiter and the Moon, the International Space Station is also evident in the picture.
Moon, Venus, Jupiter Conjunction. Image Credit: Fernando Corrada
Fernando Corrada took this image on February 26, 2012 using a Nikon 1 V-1 camera with the 10-30- mm standard zoom lens mounted on a tripod with a wireless remote in South Burlington, Vermont.
Fernando also provided the camera specs he used:
1/2 sec exposure
f3.5 (ISO 400) with -2 exp comp
Lens FL set at 10 mm in CX format, 27 mm equiv. in 35 mm format
The Moon and Planets as seen from New York. Image Credit: Tom Bushey
Tom Bushey captured this photo of the conjunction of planets Jupiter (top left), Venus (center), and the crescent Moon on February 23, 2012 in Middletown, New York.
Venus, Moon, and Jupiter. Image Credit: Ken Lord
Last but definitely not the least, here’s another picture of the conjunction of Venus, Moon, and Jupiter. It was captured by Ken Lord in Canada on February 25, 2012. He used a Canon T1i camera on a Monopod set at 2 second exposure, F4.5, ISO1600, 37mm.
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