Great approach of Venus & Saturn (Jan 9, 2016)
Venus & Saturn before and after great approach
| Date & Time: | Jan 9 & 10 2016, times are displayed in image (25sec. exposed each) |
| Optical: | AF zoom-Nikkor 80-200mmF2.8 (f=200mm, Aperture: F3.2) |
| Auto-guided with VIXEN ATLUX Equatorial |
| Digital Camera: | Nikon D700 |
| Location: | Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref. |
| Camera Settings: | Recording formatt...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(4256×2832) |
| Device Size...FX formatt (36×24mm) |
| Sensitivity...ISO800, White Balance...Daylight |
Venus & Saturn 2 hours prior to great approach
| Date & Time: | Jan 9 2016, times are displayed in image |
| Optical: | TAKAHASHI 12.5cm(4.9") Fluorite refractor (f=1000mm, F8.0) |
| Auto-guided with VIXEN ATLUX Equatorial |
| Camera: | CELESTRON Skyris445C + BaaderPlanetarium IR-pass filter |
| Location: | Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref. |
| Camera Settings: | 30 flames/sec.×6sec., Exp....1/80sec |
| 150 flames stacked each & Wavelet process with Registax6 |
We could observe the Rendez-vous of Venus and Saturn with an elongation of about 5 arc minutes on Jan 9, 2016.
The first set of images compares the approach of these 2 planets in dawn eastern skies on and next day of their great approach.
A brighter and darker ones are the Venus and Saturn, respectively.
The second image has captured the planets about 2 hours prior to great approach in a single field of view of telescope through the infrared,
at that time the elongation of them has about 7.5 arc minutes.
I could appreciate the Venus moved slowly from west to east just north of the Saturn with its ring opened.
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