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Published: 2012-08-14 08:39:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 2655; Favourites: 102; Downloads: 0
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© Greg Gibbs. You may NOT use, replicate, manipulate, or modify this image without my permission. All Rights Reserved.There was another celestial event other than the Perseid meteor shower over the weekend (and one more suited to my location in the southern hemisphere). I had actually forgotten about this close conjunction until I noticed how close they were together when I was packing away my timelapse setup just before dawn Sunday morning. Quickly setup the telescope and snapped of a few images. It has been a goal of mine to capture The Moon and a Planet in the one field of view with my telescope.
Two image composite- one for The Moon and Jupiter and another that I over exposed to capture the Galilean Moons.
10inch F/4 Newtonian
NEQ6 Pro Telescope Mount
Canon 1000D (all the batteries for my two other cameras were on the chargers after shooting all night)
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Hello!
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Thank you so much
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I can't believe you pulled this off, Greg! I'm drooling with envy. Brilliantly done!
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Thanks mate 
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Thank you so much Leasha
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Thank you very much
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Thank you so much
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you are most welcome.
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Amazing as all of your works!!
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Thank you very much
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I was thinking of getting out there to see the Perseid meteor shower, but it rained steadily all day and after spending 12hrs in and out of the rain at my daughter`s soccer tournament, I said forget it. Don`t know if it cleared up that night or not.
Love this shot.
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Thanks mate
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I'm glad you caught this! We had great meteor showers, but were not in the right place to be able to see the alignment. 
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Thanks. I'm glad I could catch it for you
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We've found that on any given night, spending about an hour outside, you can see at least one meteor. They are becoming more common nowadays.
I'd be curious to know if you see this phenomenon in the southern hemisphere: we've noticed that satellites 'flash' as they pass across the sky - on some nights. Still not sure if it's solar flares or possibly the effect from Northern Lights, but it's not something we've seen in prior years.
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The estimate is that there are about 6 meteor strikes every hour all year round as a sort of back ground level. What you are seeing with the satellite flash is what is commonly referred to as Iridium Flares. They occur when sunlight bounces of hings on the satellite like the solar panels. They are more common in the hours just after dark or just before light when the angles work better to reflect light down to an observer. They can even be predicted. Go to [link] and enter your location and then go to the Iridium Flare section and see when and where the next flares are predicted for you. You can also look up things like the International Space Station fly by.
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I'm glad you like it
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Thank you very much
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Beautiful. Which of the four (big) moons is invisible? Is the brightest one Ganymede?
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Thank you very much
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Oh ok, thanks for the sleuthing 
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Thanks for the app. I plugged in the date/time and Europa was just coming out from behind Jupiter at the time, so it is the missing one. Not a bad idea with the date/time suggestion. I usually put it on my solar images.
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Highly probable
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Hm, and as Venus teaches: Bigger != Brighter
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Hope you meant here: is not equal to
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haha, yeah.. sorry I spend way too much time programming
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