• Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus Alignment
    • Alignment of Planets
    Dec 12, 2021 alignment annotated
  • An alignment of three planets (and a dwarf planet, Pluto) in the park.
  • Jupiter (above at left) and Saturn (middle) are in Capricorn
  • while Venus appears at right near the horizon.
  • The ghostly human form in the bottom left corner is my friend John who
  • stepped into my field of view for a few frames to adjust his camera.
  • The dwarf planet Pluto is far too dim to see here.
  • Hover over the picture for an annotated version
  • Date:  12 December 2021
  • FOV:  approximately 70° 45' × 47° 10'
  • Lens:  18-55mm f/4 lens set at 18mm, ISO 1600
  • Guiding:  tripod only, no tracking
  • Mount:  Orion StarSeeker GoTo AltAz Mount
  • Camera:  Canon EOS Rebel T6s, continuous mode
  • Filter:  none
  • Stacking:  Thirty frames using Deep Sky Stacker
  • Total Time:  30 seconds
  • Processing:  PixInsight – SPPC, DBE, SPCC, BlurXT, NoiseXT → Linear
  • MStr, GHS, HTS, PMath MStr + GHS + HTS → Full
  • StarXT on Linear → Stars, HTS
  • PixelMath ~(~HTS_Stars*~Full) → Blend, Scale, Sat
  • Location:  Selkirk Shores State Park near Pulaski, NY