Jupiter (brightest) and Mars (dimmer, just to the right of Jupiter) in a very close conjunction (about 16 arc minutes or 1/4 degree apart) on the morning of January 6, 2018. The double star Alpha Librae, or Zubenelgenubi, is to the right of the planet pair and resolved here. Two of the moons of Jupiter are also resolved. I shot this from home on a mild winter morning but with cloud moving in from the west, so the timing was perfect. This is a stack of 4 exposures mean combined for the ground to smooth noise and one exposure for the sky, all 2.5-seconds at f/4 with the Sigmas 50mm lens and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 800. Twilight and moonlight illuminate the sky and ground. Framed with a Rule of Thirds composition.
Venus and Jupiter in a very close conjunction (20 arc minutes apart) at dawn on November 13, 2017, from home in Alberta. This is a single 1/5-second exposure at f/2.8 with the 200mm lens and Canon 60Da at ISO 400.
Venus and Jupiter in close conjunction and having just risen on the morning of November 13, 2017, from home in Alberta. The two planets were about 20 arc minutes apart this morning. This is a 2-segment panorama with the 200mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 60Da camera at ISO 400 and for 0.4 seconds.
