Moon-Venus-Jupiter-sunrise (APOD 2005/5/3)
Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 10:31 pm
This beautiful picture was taken "ten years ago". Probably, therefore, it was taken either close to the Sun-Jupiter conjunction of November 1994 or that of December 1995. In the first case, when the Moon passed near Venus and Jupiter a month earlier, on October 9th, the Sun was about 30 ecliptic degrees west of them. The Sun was closer on the Moon's next passage in early November but the objects were still strung out over a 13-degree span, with the Sun between the two planets. In the 1995 case, Venus was 30 degrees east of the Sun-Jupiter conjunction.
Also, why is the Moon's white crescent not turned towards the (no doubt masked or heavily filtered) Sun? Or is that big yellow dot photoshopped in?
Or was the Moon photographed first, and the Sun as it rose later, so the yellow dot and Moon side-by-side don't correspond to the same time? (Even so, I don't think this would be possible on the dates I have mentioned - it might have been possible in November 1993.)
What am I missing?
Also, why is the Moon's white crescent not turned towards the (no doubt masked or heavily filtered) Sun? Or is that big yellow dot photoshopped in?
Or was the Moon photographed first, and the Sun as it rose later, so the yellow dot and Moon side-by-side don't correspond to the same time? (Even so, I don't think this would be possible on the dates I have mentioned - it might have been possible in November 1993.)
What am I missing?