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Jupiter, Venus, Moon Conjunction 12-1-2008
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PhotographerOdilon Simões CorrêaLocationAraxá, BrazilDateDecember 1, 2008 - 22:03 UTEquipmentPanasonic Lumix DMC-FX3 digital camera. Settings: F4.9 - ISO 100 - 2.5 seconds.DescriptionThe graceful Great Kiskadee, a very common Brazilian bird, seems to contemplate the nice celestial triangle formed by the Moon, Venus and Jupiter, in the first December evening. |
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PhotographerRob GrahamLocationQuivira NWR, KansasDate12/1/08 18:11EquipmentCanon 50D, Sigma 17-70mm, ISO 800, f/6.3, 5 secDescriptionThis is the Venus, Jupiter, Moon conjunction of 12/1/08 as seen from the shores of the Big Salt Marsh at Quivira NWR, Kansas. |
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PhotographerGlendon HowellLocationChesapeake, VADate12/1/2008 6 PM ESTEquipmentCanon Digital Rebel XTi on tripod, 85-300mm zoom.DescriptionDec 1 Venus-Jupiter-Moon Conjunction |
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PhotographerTom FlemingLocationnear Great Falls MontanaDateDec 1stEquipmentNikon D300 and short teleDescriptionThis image taken by my brother-in-law, Gordon Hill, while visiting in Montana. |
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PhotographerStephen MassaroneLocationJohnston RI 02919Date12/1/08, 5:08 pmEquipmentNikon D80, F/4, 24 mm focal length, 4 sec exposure, ISO 100,DescriptionImage of Moon, Venus, Jupiter conjunction of 12/1/08 at 5:08 pm. Image taken at Johnston High School parking lot Johnston RI 02919. Note the airplane light train in photo. School exterior light was on and blocked by a telephone pole. |
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PhotographerXavier JonesLocationMcDonald ObservatoryDateDecember 1, 2008; 18:30:18 CTEquipmentSony Cybershot, 0.2 second exposure, f/2.2, ISO 100, tripod mounted.DescriptionMoon, Jupiter, and Venus above the domes of McDonald Observatory's 107 inch Harlan J. Smith Telescope (left) and 82 inch Otto Struve Telescope (right). |
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PhotographerJames WestLocationHampshireDate1st December 2008, 1716 GMTEquipmentTaken with a Canon 40D and 100-400 mm Canon lens with 2x extender (800mm effective focal length). 1/30 s and ISO 800DescriptionVenus emerging from behind the Moon after being occulted on 1st December 2008. Taken near Winchester, Hampshire with a Canon 40D and 400 mm lens with 2x extender from a colleague's office window (which needed cleaning!). Conditions were hazy around the Moon |
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PhotographerVangelis TsintsifasLocationMount Olympus, GreeceDate01-Dec-2008, 18:00EquipmentNikon D40x,Tokina 80-400 at 300mm,f/6.3,1/1.3s,ISO400.DescriptionConjunction between Moon, Venus, and Jupiter, as it sets behind Mount Olympus. |
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PhotographerTerry AtwoodLocationShreveport, LADateDec 1, 2008 5:51 pm CSTEquipmentFuji FinePix S3 Pro camera with 28mm lens Exposure: 3-seconds at F5.6 ISO 400DescriptionThis shows how the conjunction of the cresent moon, Jupiter, and Venus dominates the evening street scene. |
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PhotographerJohn LairdLocationTri-City Park, Placentia, CADate12-1-08, 6:00 pmEquipmentCanon 10D, 28 - 135 mm lense @ 135mm, tripod, 1 sec, 5.6f, iso 100DescriptionI happened to catch an airplane flying directly in line between Venus and Jupiter. Maybe someday space travel will be that easy. I was able to share this rare event with my 9 year old daughter, telling her she would be able to share it again with her kids (or maybe grandkids) in 48 years, in 2056. I will share this and other photos with my students at Fedde Middle School, where I teach Science. |
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