Venus & Mars Conjunction & The Crescent Moon July 2021

Post your solar system images here.
Post Reply
User avatar
kc75star
Earth Ambassador
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 25
Joined: Tue Mar 30, 2021 8:41 am
2
Location: Greece
Status:
Offline

TSS Photo of the Day

Venus & Mars Conjunction & The Crescent Moon July 2021

#1

Post by kc75star »


Big, macho Venus, Goddess of Love, and wimpy little Mars, God of War, are at their closest together, about ½° apart, low in the west-northwest in twilight. This evening the crescent Moon shines upper left of them, as shown above.

Optics: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L USM lens
Mount: Digipod A 2541P Tripod, Manfrotto 496 RC2 Ball Head
Camera: Canon EOS 450d
Date: July 12, 2021
Location: Kifisia - Greece
Exposure: 1 sec, ISO 800

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VRByU7dliow/ ... c_conj.png
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.”
― William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

ALBIREO OBSERVATORY
https://albireoobservatory.blogspot.com/
User avatar
Graeme1858 Great Britain
Co-Administrator
Co-Administrator
Articles: 1
Offline
Posts: 7217
Joined: Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:16 pm
4
Location: North Kent, UK
Status:
Offline

TSS Awards Badges

TSS Photo of the Day

I Broke The Forum.

Re: Venus & Mars Conjunction & The Crescent Moon July 2021

#2

Post by Graeme1858 »


That's a very fine capture of a very nice conjunction kc.

The event is listed in the Forum Portal Calendar but it was cloudy here so thanks for posting your image.

Regards

Graeme
______________________________________________
Celestron 9.25 f10 SCT, f6.3FR, CGX mount.
ASI1600MM Pro, ASI294MC Pro, ASI224MC
ZWO EFW, ZWO OAG, ASI220MM Mini.
APM 11x70 ED APO Binoculars.

https://www.averywayobservatory.co.uk/
User avatar
MistrBadgr United States of America
Orion Spur Ambassador
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 748
Joined: Sat May 11, 2019 9:27 pm
4
Location: Broken Arrow, Okla, USA
Status:
Offline

TSS Awards Badges

Re: Venus & Mars Conjunction & The Crescent Moon July 2021

#3

Post by MistrBadgr »


That is cool!
Thanks for sharing! :)
Bill Steen
Many small scopes, plus a Lightbridge 12, LX 70-8R,6R,6M
Many eyepieces, just not really expensive ones.
User avatar
helicon United States of America
Co-Administrator
Co-Administrator
Articles: 584
Online
Posts: 12275
Joined: Mon May 06, 2019 1:35 pm
4
Location: Washington
Status:
Online

TSS Awards Badges

Re: Venus & Mars Conjunction & The Crescent Moon July 2021

#4

Post by helicon »


Nice, great shot and thanks for the share!
-Michael
Refractors: ES AR152 f/6.5 Achromat on Twilight II, Celestron 102mm XLT f/9.8 on Celestron Heavy Duty Alt Az mount, KOWA 90mm spotting scope
Binoculars: Celestron SkyMaster 15x70, Bushnell 10x50
Eyepieces: Various, GSO Superview, 9mm Plossl, Celestron 25mm Plossl
Camera: ZWO ASI 120
Naked Eye: Two Eyeballs
Latitude: 48.7229° N
User avatar
Ylem United States of America
Universal Ambassador
Articles: 0
Online
Posts: 7477
Joined: Sun May 12, 2019 2:54 am
4
Location: Ocean County, New Jersey
Status:
Online

TSS Photo of the Day

Re: Venus & Mars Conjunction & The Crescent Moon July 2021

#5

Post by Ylem »


Beautiful picture!
Clear Skies,
-Jeff :telescopewink:


Member; ASTRA-NJ



Orion 80ED
Celestron C5, 6SE, Celestar 8
Vixen Porta Mount ll
Coronado PST
A big box of Plossls
Little box of filters
:D



User avatar
Thefatkitty Canada
Co-Administrator
Co-Administrator
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 4133
Joined: Sat May 11, 2019 4:20 pm
4
Location: Ontario, Canada
Status:
Offline

TSS Awards Badges

TSS Photo of the Day

Re: Venus & Mars Conjunction & The Crescent Moon July 2021

#6

Post by Thefatkitty »


Very well done! Glad you had clear skies for that; my luck wasn't as good... :lol:

All the best,
Mark

"The Hankmeister" Celestron 8SE, orange tube Vixen made C80, CG4 & AZ-EQ5 mounts.
Too much Towa glass/mirrors.

H/A - PST stage 2 mod with a Baader 90mm ERF on a Celestron XLT 102 (thanks Mike!)
Ca-K - W/O 61mm, Antares 1.6 barlow, Baader 3.8 OD and Ca-K filters with a ZWO ASI174mm.
W/L - C80-HD with Baader 5.0 & 3.8 Solar film, Solar Continuum 7.5nm and UV/IR filters with a Canon EOS 550D.

Oh yeah, and Solar Cycle 25 :D
User avatar
messier 111 Canada
Universal Ambassador
Articles: 0
Online
Posts: 9472
Joined: Mon Nov 09, 2020 2:49 am
3
Location: Canada's capital region .
Status:
Online

TSS Awards Badges

Re: Venus & Mars Conjunction & The Crescent Moon July 2021

#7

Post by messier 111 »


nice trio , thx .
I LOVE REFRACTORS , :Astronomer1: :sprefac:

REFRACTOR , TS-Optics Doublet SD-APO 125 mm f/7.8 . Lunt 80mm MT Ha Doublet Refractor .

EYEPIECES, Delos , Delite and 26mm Nagler t5 , 2 zoom Svbony 7-21 , Orion Premium Linear BinoViewer .

FILTER , Nebustar 2 tele vue . Apm solar wedge . contrast booster 2 inches .

Mounts , berno mack 3 with telepod , cg-4 motorized , eq6 pro belt drive .

“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.”
― Isaac Asimov

Jean-Yves :flags-canada:
User avatar
kc75star
Earth Ambassador
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 25
Joined: Tue Mar 30, 2021 8:41 am
2
Location: Greece
Status:
Offline

TSS Photo of the Day

Re: Venus & Mars Conjunction & The Crescent Moon July 2021

#8

Post by kc75star »


Thank you very much...I was lucky enough with clear skies in my region so I couldn't resist to this spectacular celestial event.
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.”
― William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

ALBIREO OBSERVATORY
https://albireoobservatory.blogspot.com/
User avatar
Peter802
Orion Spur Ambassador
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 571
Joined: Tue May 28, 2019 8:35 pm
4
Location: Gorleston, Norfolk. UK
Status:
Offline

Re: Venus & Mars Conjunction & The Crescent Moon July 2021

#9

Post by Peter802 »


Excellent image.
Thank you for sharing.
Clear Skies.
Regards,

Peter
User avatar
Unitron48 United States of America
Local Group Ambassador
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 2747
Joined: Sun May 12, 2019 12:48 am
4
Location: Culpeper, VA (USA)
Status:
Offline

TSS Awards Badges

Re: Venus & Mars Conjunction & The Crescent Moon July 2021

#10

Post by Unitron48 »


Very nice! Thanks for sharing. I too was under clouds!!

Dave
Unitron (60mm, 102mm), Brandon 94
Stellarvue SVX127D
http://www.unitronhistory.com

"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." Albert Einstein
User avatar
Makuser United States of America
In Memory
In Memory
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 6394
Joined: Mon May 06, 2019 12:53 am
4
Location: Rockledge, FL.
Status:
Offline

TSS Awards Badges

TSS Photo of the Day

Re: Venus & Mars Conjunction & The Crescent Moon July 2021

#11

Post by Makuser »


Hello Konstantinos. This is a superb conjunction of Venus, Mars, and the waxing crescent moon image. It is well framed and a joy to view. Thanks for sharing this with us Konstantinos, and keep up the great work.
Marshall
Sky-Watcher 90mm f/13.8 Maksutov-Cassegrain on motorized Multimount
Orion Astroview 120ST f/5 Refractor on EQ3 mount
Celestron Comet Catcher 140mm f/3.64 Schmidt-Newtonian on alt-az mount
Celestron Omni XLT150R f/5 Refractor on CG4 mount with dual axis drives.
Orion 180mm f/15 Maksutov-Cassegrain on CG5-GT Goto mount.
Orion XT12i 12" f/4.9 Dobsonian Intelliscope.
Kamakura 7x35 Binoculars and Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 Binoculars. ZWO ASI 120MC camera.
>)))))*>
User avatar
TheButcher United States of America
Vendor
Vendor
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 1337
Joined: Sat May 18, 2019 4:41 pm
4
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Status:
Offline

TSS Photo of the Day

Re: Venus & Mars Conjunction & The Crescent Moon July 2021

#12

Post by TheButcher »


Excellent Image!
Telescopes:Apertura AD12 Dob + Rings for EQ mode Mounts: iOptron CEM70 w/ Tri-Pier Barlows:GSO 2x Shorty Focuser: Rigel nStep Cameras: ZWO174mm

See All of my Images at: https://astronebula.com/slide-show/
Post Reply

Create an account or sign in to join the discussion

You need to be a member in order to post a reply

Create an account

Not a member? register to join our community
Members can start their own topics & subscribe to topics
It’s free and only takes a minute

Register

Sign in

Return to “Solar System images”