Neptune and Mars Conjunction

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Photographer:

Jon Greif

Location of Photo:

La Jolla, CA, USA

Date/Time of photo:

December 7, 2018, at 8 pm PST

Equipment:

Canon Eos T6s through a Celestron 8 inch reflector.

Description:

Neptune and Mars close together (conjunction) in the Southwestern sky tonight. Photo is a 2 second exposure at ISO 6400 at 8 pm with Canon Eos T6i through an 8 inch Celestron telescope. North is up. The 2 stars at the top are in the Constellation Aquarius, then Mars in the center and Neptune at the bottom.

Website:

http://skyandtelescope.org/author/jgreif/