October/November Planetary Conjunction

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October/November Planetary Conjunction

Post by Astromontufar » Fri Oct 02, 2015 5:15 am

Planetary conjunction is upon us! Please post your pictures in this thread.

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Planetary conjunction, Venus + Jupiter + Crescent Moon, a typical winter night.

July 17th. 2015

Virpi Niemela - Edificio Estación Sismológica La Plata.

Sergio Montúfar
Facultad de Ciencias Astronomicas y Geofisicas de La Plata - Planetario Ciudad de La Plata - UNLP
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Re: Submissions: 2015 October

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Re: October Planetary Conjunction

Post by randallx200 » Sat Oct 10, 2015 7:13 am

Image

date: 10/08/2015 (mm/dd/aaaa)
hour: 05:30 UT
Camera: Canon 40D & Tokina 24mm
ISO:400
Exposure: 3,2 sec
Place: Cáceres, Spain
The four morning planets and the moon draw the ecliptic line in the sky. Mercury is very dim yet.

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Re: October Planetary Conjunction

Post by Guest » Sun Oct 11, 2015 7:55 pm

View of the crescent moon, Jupiter and Venus over Flagstaff, AZ ... the world's first dark sky city. for a full sized version: http://kathrynneugent.com/FlagstaffMoon ... ter-bg.jpg

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Re: October Planetary Conjunction

Post by Fede (Iko) » Mon Oct 12, 2015 4:33 am

Conjunction over the Mediterranean Sea
Planetary conjunction of Venus, Mars, Jupiter and the moon and its reflections of different colors.
30" canon 1000d made in Vinaròs (Castellón) Spain.
Copyright: Fede (Iko) Margalef.

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Re: October Planetary Conjunction

Post by Robert-Austria » Mon Oct 12, 2015 2:32 pm

planetary spectacle from 10.October
http://www.astrofotos.at
Copyright: Robert Pölzl
In the morning of Saturday i captured the impressive constellation of our planets Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury and Moon near the capitalcity of Spain - Madrid in the small village "Ucles".

If you want a higher resolution and more informations about the region and the capturedata click here.
http://astrofotos.at/index.php?view=det ... Itemid=134

It was an amazing feeling to be part in this wonderful Region ( i mean on earth and solarsystem:-))


Best regards from Austria
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Re: October Planetary Conjunction

Post by gigicarotti » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:21 pm

Autumnal Conjunctions

The moon gives a striking appearance to a gap in the clouds.
Starting from the bottom : Jupiter - Mars - Moon - Venus and from here to the left, in the clouds, Regulus.

Copyright: Pierluigi Carotti

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Re: Submissions: 2015 October

Post by Drewster » Tue Oct 20, 2015 3:39 pm

Ecliptic - Venus Jupiter Mars Mercury Align
www.ancientstarlight.com
Copyright: Drew Sullivan The image is also available here, both with and without labels

http://www.ancientstarlight.com/Ecliptic_10202015.html

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Re: Submissions: 2015 October

Post by russelleking » Fri Oct 23, 2015 6:55 pm

October 23, 2015 Venus, Jupiter and Mars Conjunction
Very nice visual as well as photographic Conjunction
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Re: October Planetary Conjunction

Post by Sandgirl » Sun Oct 25, 2015 7:30 pm

Conjunction
Copyrights: Mohamed Laaifat
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Venus and Jupiter
Copyrights: Thierry Fernandez
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Beehive Custer, Moon, Venus, Jupiter
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Planets align at Dawn!
Copyrights: John Chumack
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The Crescent Moon, Venus, Mars, & Jupiter Before Dawn
Copyrights: Robert Pettengill
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Conjuction images 09-Oct-2015
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Moon, Venus, Jupiter Mars - Conjunction
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Morning gathering over Ganden Monastery
Copyrights: Jeff Dai
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The planet/Moon massing, 9 October, 2015
Copyrights: Pete Lawrence
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Post by Sandgirl » Sun Oct 25, 2015 8:05 pm

The Moon and five planets
Copyrights: Josselin Desmars
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Conjunction Regulus (alpha Leo), Venus, Moon, Mars, & Jupiter
Copyrights: Danilo Pivato
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Conjunction
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Conjunction between Moon, Venus, Mars and Jupiter
Copyrights: Alessandro Merga
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Multiple conjunctions
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Venus,Mars,Jupiter,Moon and Mercury
Copyrights: Peter Muks
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Planet lineup, 10/10/2015, from San Ramon, CA
Copyrights: Tony Woodward
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Triple conjunction in the port
Copyrights: Raffaele Barzacchi
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Mercury and the Moon - October 11, 2015
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Planetary traffic in Leo
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Post by Sandgirl » Sun Oct 25, 2015 8:23 pm

Planets Venus Mars Jupiter and crescent moon in zodiacal light above Mont Blanc
Copyrights: Guy Delubac
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Conjunction
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Morning array of planets
Copyrights: Tunç Tezel
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Moon and Mercury
Copyrights: Ekkehard Gnadler
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Celestial Alignment
Copyrights: Rahul Zota
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Mercury and the Crescent Moon, Venus, Mars, & Jupiter Before Dawn
Copyrights: Robert Pettengill
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Planets Still aligning in Leo
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Conjunction
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Post by Sandgirl » Sun Oct 25, 2015 8:38 pm

Planetary conjunction + meteor
Copyrights: Matipon Tangmatitham
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4 rocks and a giant
Copyrights: Jason Dunn
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Conjunction Jupiter / Mars
Copyrights: Greg Hogan
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Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury
Copyrights: Barry Parks
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Bright Planets still dancing in the East every morning
Copyrights: John Chumack
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Planetary Parade - Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury and the Earth (Manhattan)
Copyrights: Alexander Krivenyshev
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Venus and Jupiter Conjunction
Copyrights: Joanna Bialek
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3 Planets and zodiacal light
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Post by Sandgirl » Sun Oct 25, 2015 9:51 pm

Planets show over Yading
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Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury (Redstone)
Copyrights: Larry Landolfi
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Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Jupiter, the Moon, and a meteor from the Ramon Crater, Negev desert, Israel
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Planets through Arches National Park
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Planets Cluster in Morning Sky
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Venus-Mars-Jupiter conjunction
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Dawn Triangle of Planets
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Re: October Planetary Conjunction

Post by Sandgirl » Tue Oct 27, 2015 9:48 pm

Autumnal triplet
Copyrights: Tamas Ladanyi
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Cosmic triangle in the sky over Manhattan on Monday morning
Copyrights: Alexander Krivenyshev
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Venus, Jupiter, Mars Triangle on 10-26-2015
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Re: October Planetary Conjunction

Post by pcully » Wed Oct 28, 2015 4:48 pm

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Mount Democrat Conjunction by Patrick Cullis, on Flickr

Jupiter, Venus, and Mars rise behind Mount Democrat, one of Colorado's 14'ers. With fresh snow lit up by the moon the three planets rise behind the 14,155 foot peak near Leadville, Colorado. Taken on the morning of October 28, 2015.

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Post by Sandgirl » Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:06 pm

Venus and Jupiter conjunction
Copyrights: Manolis Thravalos
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Morning planets show: Venus, Jupiter and Mars
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Three Planets Together
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Conjunction
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Post by Rothkko » Fri Oct 30, 2015 8:51 pm

jupiter above, venus and mars
torrefresneda, spain. 2015-10-28
torrefresneda, spain. 2015-10-28

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Post by Rothkko » Fri Oct 30, 2015 8:57 pm

jupiter, venus and mars
400 mm
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highway madrid lisbon (mercury is also)
mérida, spain. 2015-10-30
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Post by Sandgirl » Sun Nov 01, 2015 5:55 pm

Planetary Conjunction over Lick Observatory
Copyrights: Rick Baldridge
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Conjunction
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Post by Sandgirl » Mon Nov 09, 2015 9:56 pm

Venus, Jupiter and Regulus
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Post by Sandgirl » Tue Nov 10, 2015 9:50 pm

Mars, Venus Conjunction 2015 from La Palma
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Post by Sandgirl » Thu Nov 12, 2015 9:43 pm

The Planets continue to dance in the East as the Moon joins them
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Meteor with Planetary Conjunction
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Post by Sandgirl » Fri Nov 13, 2015 9:33 pm

Multi Planet Conjunction & Ganges, India
Copyrights: Ajay Talwar
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Planet Conjunctions 11-7-15
Copyrights: Greg Hogan
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ISS crossing path of Moon Vénus and Mars
Copyrights: Guy Delubac
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Conjunction: Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Moon and ISS
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Venus Moonrise
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Jupiter, ISS, Mars, Venus and the Moon
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Moon, Venus, Mars and Jupiter Conjuntion 2000m above sea level
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Moon Venus Jupiter mars Conjunction 11/06/15 05:53am
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