Planetary Alignment
Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge, January 2025
Mars (left), Jupiter (center left), Venus (right) are easily identifiable; Saturn is below and to the right of Venus; Uranus is very faint, below and to the right of the Pleiades (the blue star cluster up & to the right of Jupiter). Neptune should be to the left of Venus but not visible @14 mm.
Also visible: Orion's belt above the treeline, Aldebaran below Jupiter.
Composite image @14 mm, f/2.8, 10s exposures; lens distortion corrected in PS; Bortle class 4 sky
Planetary Alignment
Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge, January 2025
Mars (left), Jupiter (center left), Venus (right) are easily identifiable; Saturn is below and to the right of Venus; Uranus is very faint, below and to the right of the Pleiades (the blue star cluster up & to the right of Jupiter). Neptune should be to the left of Venus but not visible @14 mm.
Also visible: Orion's belt above the treeline, Aldebaran below Jupiter.
Composite image @14 mm, f/2.8, 10s exposures; lens distortion corrected in PS; Bortle class 4 sky