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Re: Jupiter and Saturn Conjunction
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2020 10:06 am
by philip964
KC5AV wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 11:41 pm
philip964 wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 9:35 pm
Tonight at 6:00pm.
What did you use for that view?
I took a few shots at between 24 and 105mm, and a couple with my 200mm. None of them came out very well. I know 'the big event' was tonight, but I'll try a few more shots over the next several evenings.
2000mm F8 with a cell phone held behind the lens and snapped. Not ideal. Going to try again tonight if it’s clear. I have a Canon actually attached to the big lens ( actually a telescope) but it takes some computer work to get it on line. I’ll post those later.
Re: Jupiter and Saturn Conjunction
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2020 5:47 pm
by Grayling813
Borrowed neighbor's camera with an "infinite zoom" feature and got the attached picture.
Re: Jupiter and Saturn Conjunction
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2020 5:49 pm
by srothstein
Re: Jupiter and Saturn Conjunction
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:26 am
by philip964
So I am Facebook friends with a TV news reporter in another city.
She shared the attached photo. Some other friends have also shared the same photo. It was supposedly taken in Australia.
It is obviously to me a photoshopped composite.
I commented that it was photoshopped.
She denied it and said it was real. ( anything a journalist posts must be real )
I suggested she might want to do some investigative journalism on her post.
She said if Facebook says it’s fake she will believe that.
Many other commenters thought it didn’t look right.
Someone posted a diagram of the planets which showed the correct locations and names of the planets and moons and said that the Jupiter moons had moved in the 12 hour difference between the US and Australia. Thus solving the difference.
The diagram was correct and it did not match at all the fake photograph.
The news reporter then declared that her post was correct and not photoshopped.
I some how felt I was watching the news media world right now in miniature.
Re: Jupiter and Saturn Conjunction
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:38 am
by 03Lightningrocks
philip964 wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:26 am
So I am Facebook friends with a TV news reporter in another city.
She shared the attached photo. Some other friends have also shared the same photo. It was supposedly taken in Australia.
It is obviously to me a photoshopped composite.
I commented that it was photoshopped.
She denied it and said it was real. ( anything a journalist posts must be real )
I suggested she might want to do some investigative journalism on her post.
She said if Facebook says it’s fake she will believe that.
Many other commenters thought it didn’t look right.
Someone posted a diagram of the planets which showed the correct locations and names of the planets and moons and said that the Jupiter moons had moved in the 12 hour difference between the US and Australia. Thus solving the difference.
The diagram was correct and it did not match at all the fake photograph.
The news reporter then declared that her post was correct and not photoshopped.
I some how felt I was watching the news media world right now in miniature.
Instead of access to the internet making people smarter, it has turned them all into brainless morons.
Re: Jupiter and Saturn Conjunction
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 11:42 am
by oohrah
It's fake. Jupiter's moons were not in that position Monday night. Considering I watched it live through my telescope, you can also verify the position of the moons from a chart in Sky & Telescope magazine. The moons do not move that fast in 12 hours.
Re: Jupiter and Saturn Conjunction
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 11:56 am
by philip964
oohrah wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 11:42 am
It's fake. Jupiter's moons were not in that position Monday night. Considering I watched it live through my telescope, you can also verify the position of the moons from a chart in Sky & Telescope magazine. The moons do not move that fast in 12 hours.
The person also claimed that it was taken with a 300mm lens on their camera.
Now since then I have realized that being in Australia they are on their heads. In addition a telescope reverses the image.
However it does not account for Saturns rings being at 90degrees.
Nor the unbelievable resolution of the 300 mm lens with Saturn.
Re: Jupiter and Saturn Conjunction
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 1:34 pm
by powerboatr
Grayling813 wrote: Tue Dec 22, 2020 5:47 pm
Borrowed neighbor's camera with an "infinite zoom" feature and got the attached picture.
mh-death-star-2-1579890172.jpg
yes ditto on a funny pic. thanks
Re: Jupiter and Saturn Conjunction
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 2:07 pm
by RoyGBiv
We got a good look at it last night, although through some trees.
It was easier to see, I think, because of the greater separation between the planets than the night before.
Very cool, and a good reason to get outside on a nice December evening.
Re: Jupiter and Saturn Conjunction
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:37 pm
by philip964
philip964 wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:26 am
So I am Facebook friends with a TV news reporter in another city.
She shared the attached photo. Some other friends have also shared the same photo. It was supposedly taken in Australia.
It is obviously to me a photoshopped composite.
I commented that it was photoshopped.
She denied it and said it was real. ( anything a journalist posts must be real )
I suggested she might want to do some investigative journalism on her post.
She said if Facebook says it’s fake she will believe that.
Many other commenters thought it didn’t look right.
Someone posted a diagram of the planets which showed the correct locations and names of the planets and moons and said that the Jupiter moons had moved in the 12 hour difference between the US and Australia. Thus solving the difference.
The diagram was correct and it did not match at all the fake photograph.
The news reporter then declared that her post was correct and not photoshopped.
I some how felt I was watching the news media world right now in miniature.
So the photo has gone viral. News sources in India are picking it up and putting it on line.
Twitter has it but no disclaimer saying it’s fake.
Re: Jupiter and Saturn Conjunction
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:40 pm
by philip964
Best picture so far by Texan Matt Smith.
Composite of different exposures overlaid on another photo for positioning.
Jupiter is brighter so exposure is a problem with one photo, also the moons are dim.
11” telescope.
