By Karrar Mohammed | 2024-01-17
On 01/18/2024 06:28 pm by Adeel Shafiq| Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Three and a Half Moons!
This season planet Jupiter has been in a series of close conjunctions with the moon over the course of the last couple of months giving us some beautiful and mesmerizing sights. Tonight the first quarter moon was in a close conjunction with planet Jupiter along with it's Galilean moons. Three of the four Galilean moons can be seen in this image along with our Moon which was almost half lit at 54% illumination making it a sight to behold. A passing by jet trail can also be seen in the upper mid of the picture.
Canon Eos 1300D stock
Samyang 135mm f2.2 lens
Ioptron sky tracker
EXIF: 2 exposures combined
-ISO 100, f/4, 8 sec, tracked
-ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/100 sec
Both images taken with Samyang 135mm