Location: Lower West-Side, Saint John, NB, Canada
Date Time: December 23, 2020 1745-1805hrs
Weather: Gusty 25km/hr winds from the north, -4.7C, humidity 69%, mostly clear except for considerable clouds around the western, northern and southern horizons.
Attendance: David McCashion
Equipment: Canon Rebel t3 with 18-55mm and 75-300 lenses. Image processed for text on Photoshop.
Objective: To view and image Jupiter and Saturn, two days after the historic conjunction on Dec 21, 2020, when they were 1/10th of a degree apart.
Report: This conjunction was an amazing sight in the evening twilight!
A long stretch of cloudiness(almost a week) prevented viewing and imaging this amazing conjunction on Dec 21. This was when the conjunction was at its closest.
I would estimate that the planets were about one half of a degree apart at observing time.
Shortly after this image was taken, clouds covered this area of the sky for several minutes. When the planets reappeared, it was through increasing and decreasing cloudiness and haziness.
Also noteworthy during observing time was a close pairing of a young waxing gibbous Moon and Mars. They were about 5 degrees apart.
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| Single shot, 3 second ISO 400, f/5.6. |
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