Hanky-Panky in the Sky

No images about the on-going construction for this blog post, 

but other interesting material.

Hanky-Panky in the Sky – Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter 

on June 30, 2015

I have been watching Venus and Jupiter for many weeks this spring and 

early summer from our place on Pender Island. 

Venus, is the unmistakable evening star. 

It is the first heavenly body, other than the moon, 

that becomes visible soon after sunset. 

These days it is spectacularly brilliant in the western sky.

I have also watched Jupiter, our sun’s largest planet sneaking up, 

getting closer and closer, and finally passing Venus. 

Hardly hanky-panky – even at the closest conjunction 

they were still over 500 million kilometers apart.

Images were carefully photographed with manual settings
(focus, exposure, low ISO, RAW image recording)
on a quality pocket camera, 140mm zoom, carbon-fibre tripod,
jury-rigged plywood mounting plate, self-timer.
Edited in Photoshop Lightroom.

Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter on June 30, 2015, 

over Saltspring Island, as seen from Pender Island

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