By Dennis Andersen | 2020-10-01
On 10/02/2020 11:25 pm by Joel Weatherly| Edmonton, Aberta, Canada
The Moon and Mars formed a stunning pair as they met in our skies tonight. This picture is a composite image as seeing and cloud conditions made it challenging to capture the couple simultaneously. I did not get to see a very tight conjunction due to my latitude (53° N).
For the wider view including both the Moon and Mars I used a Canon 5DS, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM, and iOptron SkyTracker Pro.
In order to get greater details on Mars, I used an Orion 8" f/3.9 Newtonian Astrograph, Celestron AVX, and ZWO ASI120MC-S.
This photo is a composite image as it was challenging to get details on both objects without over/underexposing at least one of them. My closeup of Mars was stacked using Lynkeos then edited using Affinity Photo. Affinity Photo was also used to edit a more comprehensive image, including both the Moon and Mars. The final composure was assembled using Affinity Publisher.