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Left - December 22, 2016. 22.8 day old, 38.8% waning phase.
Right - December 5, 2016. 6.3 day old, 33.7% waxing phase.
The Milky Way provides a dramatic visual background to the starry night sky with Jupiter. June 5, Jupiter was at it's greatest opposition from the Sun and hence the closest distance to us. It is exceedingly bright over the next day or two. In fact tonight and tomorrow it will be at it's brightest visibility.
A shot taken from a recent holiday, this is Whitby Harbour, it's probably the best harbour I've ever shot, there's so many different angles to shoot from and I got a few, plus it's a bonus as it's the only harbour along the east coast of England that points north, so it's fantastic to shoot both morning and evening.
Hope all my contacts here are well.
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Aperture: f/13
Exposure: 250 seconds
ISO: 200
Camera: Canon 5D MKII
Lens: 24-105 @ 31mm
Filters: LEE Big Stopper
Processing: CS5 & Silver Efex Pro
Saturn at opposition 2022 showing brightened rings due to the Seelinger effect. SW200P Newtonian and Altair H183Mpro. Best 10% of 5000x 10ms each RGB.
The brighter rings clearly shows the planet is in the (or near) opposition.
Unfortunately seeing was poor.
2021-08-02
03:53h UT
C11 @f/18 + ASI290mc
This is an image taken during the night of opposition (9th May 2018) at 01:40am using a 8" SCT telescope.
The atmosphere was very steady, even the view through the eyepiece was mesmerizing...
The moons are Io on the right and Europa on the left.
This image is taken 5 days after Saturn opposition on 01/09/2023. In opposition, Saturn’s rings appear brighter than usual. Apparent diameter is 19” arc second. Saturn orbits the Sun every 25 years. Gear setup: Celestron Edge HD8, TV 2.5 power mate, Baader UV/IR cut filter, ZWO 290MC, Celestron motor focuser. Captured by Sharpcap pro Exposure 13ms, Gain 300, Bin 2x2, FPS 75, 6000 frames taken. Stacking by Autostakkart! Srizzled by 3x. Wavelets by Registax and processed in PS.
Mars will reach opposition on Oct. 13, 2020, when the Red Planet will be only 39 million miles (62.7 million km) from Earth, the closest pairing until 2035.
As a result, Mars looks much brighter and bigger than usual.
Classic Cassegrain 8" at 3800mm.
4x video files at 200fps
best 200 of 30.000x4
Imaging telescopes or lenses: GSO 8" f12 Classical Cassegrain
Imaging cameras: QHYCCD QHY5III174
Mounts: Mesu 200 Mk2
Focal reducers: Baader Q-Barlow
Software: FireCapture · Emil Kraaikamp Autostackert! 3 · Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Filters: Astronomik Proplanet 642 - 842 nm & Baader r + g + b
Accessory: ZWO EFW · MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Opposition is when a planet (further out in orbit than Earth) is opposite us in its orbit around the sun.
So when the sun sets, a planet at opposition rises!. You can enjoy seeing Jupiter all night, but it is easiest to spot low in the eastern sky in the evening and low in the western sky at sunrise.
Oppositions often occur when a planet is at its closest approach to Earth. During an opposition, a planet's full daylight faces side to us. So Jupiter really is brighter and (just a bit) bigger right now!
Jupiter at opposition is an astronomical event everyone can enjoy easily enjoy with their eyes, and if you have binoculars or a telescope, look for Jupiter's larger moons.
[ a7rIII | Canon FD 85mm f/1.2 L ]
5 x 2.5" for 12.5 seconds of exposure time.
1 dark frame
Stacked with Sequator
Apparently, I still had some unused data from the 2020 Mars Opposition on my laptop. :)
I'm glad I decided to process it.
Besides the obvious South Pole, the North Pole is also visible, as well as some surface details on the planet :) (y)
Gear:
- Sky-watcher Skymax 102,
- Celestron 2x Barlow,
- ZWO ASI 120MC-S,
- Star Adventurer Pro.
Software:
- Firecapture,
- PIPP,
- Autostakkert,
- Registax
Saturn close to opposition on April 20th, 2013. 356mm SCT with ASI120MM camera from Mt. Olympus, Cyprus.
This is a compilation of some of the best images of Mars I captured during the two months or so centered on the 2020 Mars Opposition (October 13). Mars' closest approach to Earth was on October 7 (local time). All images were captured with a 315mm f/5.1 newtonian, a TeleVue 2x barlow (f/20), ASI290mc, ADC, and UV/Ir blocker.
The chirps of the birds and the rustle of the jungle mask the hum of the Toyota's smoking engine. The bodies of the Australians are awkwardly still, leaking blood onto the jungle floor. Their remains will be left there for days until June 19th when another unit happens to stumble upon their remains. The press loves to make a big deal out of this war, but this is different. Pictures of the massacred Aussies hit the headlines all over Oceania creating a political uproar reminiscent of the opposition to the involvement in Vietnam. More and more pictures of similar nature hit the press after this. Seemingly they had been holding back until the first stone was thrown.
After the headliners, Oceania’s involvement in the war would shrink drastically due to the opposition back home. They would cease all deep-frontline operations and mainly fall back to defending what territory the UFA held.