Lunar and Planetary Conjunction on August 21, 2012
22 Aug 2012, 17:37 UTC
Ian Musgrave
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Last night — if you were in a good location — the Moon, Spica, Mars, Saturn all came together in a lunar/planetary/stellar conjunction. My attempts to see it and capture it failed because of trees (the conjunction took place low on the horizon), but thank goodness for our astrophotographer friends! John Chumack caught the event from his observatory in Ohio (his specs: Canon Rebel Xsi 85mm Lens at F5.6, ISO 400, 1 second exposure) and Ian Musgrave captured the view in Australia, below. (...)Read the rest of Lunar and Planetary Conjunction on August 21, 2012 (90 words)© nancy for Universe Today, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Post tags: Moon, Saturn, Spica Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh
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