The Moon

DenverShooter

Charo:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charo

Denver Shooter

spraynpray

LOL! Cuchi-cuchi!

DenverShooter

If you need a visual to go with that "cuchi-cuchi"..




Denver Shooter

Capt_Spaulding

On an astronomically interesting note there is a relatively rare sight in the sky right now. Arrayed in a arc following the plain of the ecliptic are four of the visible planets and the moon. Starting in the west is Venus, about half way between it and the Moon is Jupiter; closish to the eastern horizon is Mars and about 2/3 of the way between Mars and the Moon is Saturn. I don't have a lens wide enough get them all nor a photogenic backdrop to showcase them, but if you do, this is an opportunity that doesn't come around that often.

Good luck.

Capt_Spaulding

I ran out and took a couple of quick shots. No real prep time just grab and go.

By the time I got outside I'd lost Venus, but in the first image you can pretty clearly see Jupiter. Just inside the frame below and to the Moon's left is Saturn.



In the second frame about two thirds of the way to upper middle left of the frame Mars is visible and about two thirds of the way from it to the Moon you can faintly see Saturn. Saturn is easier to see on the full frame view of the image on flikr.



If I can get away tomorrow evening I may try to find a darker site and try again.

mhedges

Here's one from last night. Handheld with the 70-300 FX AF-P lens.

heartyfisher

Capt_Spaulding said:

On an astronomically interesting note there is a relatively rare sight in the sky right now. Arrayed in a arc following the plain of the ecliptic are four of the visible planets and the moon. Starting in the west is Venus, about half way between it and the Moon is Jupiter; closish to the eastern horizon is Mars and about 2/3 of the way between Mars and the Moon is Saturn. I don't have a lens wide enough get them all nor a photogenic backdrop to showcase them, but if you do, this is an opportunity that doesn't come around that often.

Good luck.

I just happened to be scanning the skies last night.. nice surprise to see so many of them planets fairly close together ...

dissent

Moon and Mars in close proximity tonight.

Just sayin'.

Capt_Spaulding

If you ever have a chance to watch an occultation through a good telescope it's a pretty neat sight.

https://www.google.com/search?q=occultation+of+mars+by+the+moon&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=0xRHs-cC9YWHIM%3A%2C-F662KeWK9zPzM%2C_&usg=AI4_-kSb55j3dGY-e6X_HObxxZGWOr7eYg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwif2r3LwsrdAhVKb60KHfNQAKIQ9QEwC3oECAUQBA#imgrc=0xRHs-cC9YWHIM: