By Catherine Hyde | 2023-08-08
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![Community photo entitled by Raul Cortes on 08/08/2023 at Monterrey, Mexico.](https://earthsky.org/upl/gravity_forms/6-d184048789a60d766a02a8e43117298b/2023/08/August-8-2023-Moon-and-Jupiter-conjuction.jpg)
On 08/08/2023 05:29 am by Raul Cortes| Monterrey, Mexico.
I went out to see the moon and Jupiter conjunction and it looked gorgeous. I noticed something when taking my photos. From general perspective the moon and Jupiter looked so close! But as I zoomed to get more detail on the moon and get Jupiter's Galilean moons the two main objects started getting apart as a zoomed-in more and more. They did not look as close as when there is an occultation. So, which photo should I send? At the end I decided to make a composite of both looks in one photo. Nevertheless it was an spectacular display.
Nikon Coolpix P900 camera.
Composite of a general view photo and a zoomed in photo. Added labels.