By Vinutha Rao | 2020-12-19
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On 12/19/2020 06:20 pm by Rob Pettengill| Austin, Texas, US
The great conjunction 2020, the closest approach of Jupiter and Saturn in nearly 800
years, will peak in 2 days. They are now only 12.25 arc minutes apart. Here top
to bottom: Saturn (Dione, Rhea, Titan) and Jupiter (Callisto, Ganymede, Europa, Io) from Austin,
Texas the evening of 2020-12-19 at 6:20 local time.
Questar 1280/89mm telescope, Dakin 2x Barlow, Sony a6300 camera.
HDR Composite: Sky (10 sec at ISO 200), Moons (2.5 sec at ISO 200), Saturn best 16 of 120 (1/6 sec at ISO 200), and Jupiter best 16 of 110 (1/13 sec at ISO 200). Stacking in Austostakkert! 3, deconvolution in Lynkeos, HDR composite and final crop and exposure in Photoshop.
