Jupiter & Venus apparition
Mar15
This is the series of nights where it has been clear, we’ve been home and able to do some imaging with our Canon Powershot A495 and A540 cameras on tripods. In all of these images, Jupiter is the one on the left and is dimmer than Venus
| 2012 February 20 | 
| 2 sec, f2.6, fl=5.8mm A540 |
| 2012 February 25 | 
| 0.5 sec, f2.6, fl=5.8mm A540 The Moon is the brightest object in the image |
| 2012 March 05 | 
| 1.0 sec, f3.1, fl=6.6mm A495 Look for Mercury in the lower right, at it’s greatest elongation East (18 deg) |
| 2012 March 11 | 
| 64 sec, f2.6, fl=5.8mm A540 The Hyades and the Pleiades are visible in the top left of this shot. Note the star trailing from the untracked long 64 second exposure |
| 2012 March 14 | 
| 64 sec, f2.6 fl=5.8mm A540 The Hyades and the Pleiades are visible in the top left of this shot. Note the star trailing from the untracked long 64 second exposure The allsky camera is at left. |
| 2012 March 15 | 
| 15sec f2.6fl=5.8 A540 |