jupiter – Crayford Manor House Astronomical Society Dartford

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A superb collection of images taken by member John Archer from the 21st to the 28th Nov 2025 using a Dwarf3 smartscope.

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The Moon on the 28th Nov 2025

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Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter by Honor Wheeler – 1st March 2025

10th March 2025

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NEVER LOOK AT THE SUN DIRECTLY. Please click here for solar observing safely.

A superb selection of astro images taken by member Honor Wheeler on the 1st March 2025 of the Sun, Moon and the planetary parade.

Details of how Honor took her images are written above each image.

Venus phase - Canon M6II with Tamron 18-400mm lens, ISO400, f6.3, 1/16000sec.

Even when Venus is a fine crescent, the albedo of Venus is still high.

Sunset Sunspots - Canon M6II with Tamron 18-400mm lens. ISO100, f29, 1/16000sec.

Sunset - Canon M6II with Tamron 18-400mm lens. ISO200, f10, 1/800sec

Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Moon and Mercury - Canon M6II with Tamron 18-400mm lens. ISO500, 1/2sec taken using Samyang 8mm fish-eye lens.

Venus, Earthshine and Mercury - Canon M6II with Tamron 18-400mm lens. ISO640, f5.0, 1/3sec.

Earthshine - Canon M6II with Tamron 18-400mm lens. ISO640, f6.3, 1"1/3sec

The Great Conjunction of 2020

22nd December 2020

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Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions happen every 20 years (the last one in 2000.) however this particular conjunction will be especially close - the closest since 1623 and the closest observable since 1226! Don't worry, if you miss it there is another close conjunction in 2080!

At its closest on 21st December Jupiter and Saturn will be 6 arc minutes apart (1/5 the diameter of the full moon) which is still easily discernable as two separate planets (some reports would have you believe the merge together into an 'elongated star')

The weather was poor on the 21st, but there was a gap in the clouds on the 20th, the images from the 20th the planets were at about 9 arc minutes vs 6 arc minutes at closest encounter.

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Images by Steve Goldson

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Image by Steve Goldson 1/8 sec f5.6. ISO 6400. taken at 18.02. 20/12/2020. (Inset image: 1/8 sec f5.6. ISO 3200 taken at 18.07. 20/12/2020. - Note Steve captured 3 of Jupiter's moons)[/caption]

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Images by Martin Crow

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="637"] 2020Dec20 17:06ut Equipment: 80mm equinox @ f15 and DMK41 mono video camera and an old laptop. Location: Top of Dartford Road, Hextable. Taken the day before closest approach due to likelihood of poor weather on 21st. Best views though were had through the eyepiece. Absolutely stunning.[/caption]

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Images by Simon Dawes

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Image by Simon Dawes Skywatcher MN190 (modified), EQ6 Pro (modified) ZWO ASI 1600 MM Pro Bexleyheath England[/caption]

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Conjunction of the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn

12th May 2020

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Conjunction of the Moon Jupiter Sature and Mars Image taken by Jim Burchell, in the early hours of 2020/05/12 capturing a conjunction of Saturn Jupiter and the moon .possible Mars far left of the image..[/caption]

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The Moon Saturn and Jupiter

8th October 2019

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Image by Steve Goldson.

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The Moon, Venus and Jupiter in the morning sky

31st January 2019

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We were treated with some lovely clear skies in the mornings of January 2019 and members were able to capture a few images of the conjunction of the Moon, Venus and Jupiter.

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Images by Kevin Langford

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Images by Leigh Slomer

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Images by Jim Burchell

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Moon Venus and Jupiter in a January Morning Sky (2019)

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Moon Venus and Jupiter in a January Morning Sky (2019)

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Images by John Howarth

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Tag: jupiter

John Archer’s images – 21st Nov to the 28th Nov 2025

Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter by Honor Wheeler – 1st March 2025

The Great Conjunction of 2020

Images by Steve Goldson

Images by Martin Crow

Images by Simon Dawes

Conjunction of the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn

The Moon Saturn and Jupiter

The Moon, Venus and Jupiter in the morning sky

Images by Kevin Langford

Images by Leigh Slomer

Images by Jim Burchell

Images by John Howarth