I took these shots of last night's conjunction of Venus and Saturn from the grounds of the ASH Naylor Observatory using a Canon EOS Digital Rebel DSLR camera. The first one was through an 80mm Apogee short-tube achromatic refractor at prime focus, the second was through a 127m Orion MCT at prime focus, and the third was through a Canon 80-200mm zoom lens.

Dave Mitsky

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	Saturn & Venus 80mm Apogee Medium 025 2007-7-30.jpg (81.2 KB, 37 views)
	Saturn & Venus 127mm Orion MCT Medium 043 2007-7-30.jpg (38.7 KB, 32 views)
	Saturn & Venus 200mm Medium 082 2007-7-30.jpg (89.6 KB, 34 views)

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Very nice Dave!

I like that you can see a hint of rings in the second, and can see Regulus in the third. I looked at it, but didn't try to image it.

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Nice work, Dave.
We had our conjunction last night (July 1st) and I had my 114mm f/8.7 Towa catadioptric telescope all lined up for the big event. I used a 18mm and 25 mm eyepiece. With both I could get both planets in the FOV. Amazing and a first for me. Venus was a gorgeous crescent and Saturn still majestic though much dimmer. I tried to image both afocally but only Venus made any impression on my camera.
I then used my Sony Cybershot T10 on a tripod, self timer and a high sensitivity setting to get the image below of the two planets.

Phil

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Hi Dave.

I like your third photo the best, very nice. I like the blending of sky and trees. Nice job thanks.

A very Beautiful event photos, well done

Here's an 80-200mm zoom lens shot of Venus and Saturn on Sunday night from the town of Camp Hill.

Dave Mitsky

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Venus & Saturn Camp Hill Small 5859 2007-7-1.jpg (95.4 KB, 6 views)

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I took this photo on Monday night from a hill near my residence. Harrisburg lies to the west as do the two planets.

Dave Mitsky

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Venus & Saturn Htown Hill Small Horizon 5869 2007-7-2.jpg (77.7 KB, 4 views)

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