Jupiter & Saturn in 2000


Date & Time: Jupiter: Sep 21 2000, 27:18 JST(+0900), 1/3sec. Exp., composed 6 flames
Saturn: Sep 18 2000, 25:10 JST(+0900), 1/4sec. Exp., composed 20 flames
Optical: VIXEN 20cm(7.9") VISAC, afocal method with LV12mm eyepiece
Synthesized focal length f=5730mm (equivalent f=30700mm in 35mm film format)
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Digital Camera: OLYMPUS C-2020Z
Location: Kokubunji-city, Tokyo

Camera Settings: Mode.....SHQ (1600×1200, high-quality JPEG format)
Lens.....f=38.2mm (with 2-power digital zoom, equivalent f=210mm in 35mm film format), Stop: F2.8
CCD sensitivity.....ISO100, White Balance.....Auto


In 2000, the Jupiter and the Saturn are paralleling in Taurus, squeezed between two splendid open clusters of the Pleiades and the Hyades. The Saturn's ring is greatly slanted southward, so you can easily observe the Cassini's division.
An image below shows you wide-angled star field around these two planets. Jupiter and Saturn are glittering with visual magnitude of -2 and 0, respectively. It's one of the most beautiful scenes in night skies of the Millennium's autumn.
Wide-field around Jupiter & Saturn Jupiter & Saturn with Pleiades & Hyades

A star-field image of Jupiter(left) and Saturn(right) paralleling in Taurus. Those are lying between Pleiades and Hyades, you can enjoy the impressive sky show at suburb apart from light pollution.

Date & Time: Sep 2 2000, 25:24 JST(+0900), 25min. Exp.
Optical: SMC PENTAX f=165mm F2.8, stop:F4.0,
with Cokin Diffuser No.1 filter
Auto-guided with Kenko SKYMEMO Equatorial
Camera: PENTAX 67
Film: Ektachrome E200 (+1EV pushed)
Location: Koumi town, Nagano pref.



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