A comet, a satellite and two planets oh my!
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009It was a busy morning!
Wanting to catch a shot of Neptune near Jupiter- I got up early hoping to get lucky!
And man did I get lucky. Not only did the clouds make holes large enough for me to capture Jupiter and Neptune, I also snagged Comet 22/P Kopff.
And as a bonus ADEOS (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite) left a streak on my image.
Jupiter is the bright blob at the lower bottom of the frame. Neptune is a faint speck of greenish light just above and right of Jupiter.
Comet 22/P Kopff is the turquoise smeared speck at the upper left of the frame while ADEOS is the diagonal streak on the right. Lucky!
Nikon D70 on Losmandy G8
2 minutes ISO 400
f/ 4.5
4:24 a.m. local mountain time