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Sunday, January 10, 2021

MERCURY-JUPITER-SATURN

Location:  Lower West-side Saint John, NB, Canada

Date Time:  January 10, 2021 1730-1830hrs

Weather:  Breezy, from the north, -1.5C, mostly clear, and 71% humidity.

Equipment:  Canon Rebel t3 with 300mm lens.  Images processed with Photo Shop.

Attendance: David McCashion

Objective:  To view and image a close pairing of Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn, just after sundown.

Report:  When Jupiter first appeared, after sundown, around 1740hrs, it was only approx 5 degrees above the horizon.  Mercury and Saturn never were never visible to me either through the camera view-screen or with the unaided eye.  

Only after processing images did I notice that the first image I took at 1750hrs captured all three planets, two of which were almost too low to capture.  Saturn went below the treeline about two minutes after taking this image.

Altogether, I took nine images and only captured all three planets in the first two.  The second image didn't turn out well due to windy conditions disturbing the camera.  The two images below are the same image, one with text to label the planets.  Image is cropped and enhanced to show the dimmer planets better.

ISO 100, 1.6 sec, focal length 250mm, f/5.6.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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