When is closest approach, and what will people be using to observe both in same view? Binoculars or small scopes with wide eyepieces?

Jupiter Venus within 2 deg
#1
Posted 21 January 2019 - 10:34 PM
#2
Posted 21 January 2019 - 10:47 PM
Check Stellarium of Sky Safari, but it looks like it is tomorrow a.m. Jan 22.
They will still be a couple of degrees apart, so binoculars or really wide field scope.
#3
Posted 22 January 2019 - 05:08 PM
I saw them naked eye on my way out the door for work this morning. Bright, unmistakable close pairing.
Randy
#4
Posted 22 January 2019 - 07:42 PM
They looked awesome about 6:00 this morning, May be too far apart for a scope, unless a short focal length scope and an extra wide low power eyepiece.
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#5
Posted 22 January 2019 - 10:03 PM
Spectacular sight in 17x70 binoculars this morning!
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#6
Posted 22 January 2019 - 11:00 PM
They looked awesome about 6:00 this morning, May be too far apart for a scope, unless a short focal length scope and an extra wide low power eyepiece.
Venus is cute but I will not ruin my sleep for her any more, so I waited till 11 AM and saw both Venus and Jupiter in the same FOV with 60mm f6 scope and 31mm Nagler eyepiece.
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#7
Posted 23 January 2019 - 05:41 PM
When is closest approach, and what will people be using to observe both in same view? Binoculars or small scopes with wide eyepieces?
I saw Jupiter and Venus together in one field of view just the other morning in my 12x50 Pentax SP WP binoculars.
Edited by Miranda2525, 23 January 2019 - 05:42 PM.
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#11
Posted 31 January 2019 - 08:38 AM
And this morning, the Moon got in on the action.
I was standing in the driveway this morning in slippers, fuzzy pants and a parka at -25 C. If you're going to photograph the sky in extreme conditions, I cannot recommend pants (highly enough).
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