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Moon Venus Jupiter Conjunction – Night #2

Friday 30th of March 2012 | Don Pullen

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Once again a number of the HAA members headed out to Binbrook to take advantage of the clear nights and collect more images of the Moon-Venus-Jupiter conjunction. On Monday night, the Moon had moved enough in its orbit that it was now near Venus rather than Jupiter as it had been the night before. Hopefully some of them will share their photos on this blog. I’m sure some will be appearing in the April edition of the EH newsletter.

My photo of the Moon and Jupiter setting below the Skyway was shown on CHCH news during the day on Monday so this inspired me to try again that night. I went to various locations around town trying to find interesting backdrops to go along with the wondrous view that the conjunction offered.

Below are links to some of the images I collected. It was fun running from location to location with nothing more than a camera. No telescopes, big tripods or other associated gear to haul around. Just the eyes and camera were all that was needed to enjoy this site (as is often the case for many night sky apparitions. All these images were taken under skies with lots of city lights, yet it was still something easy to see and enjoy.

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Conjunction from behind the old Discovery Centre on the waterfront. Too bad it isn’t used any more.

From Harbour West near Pier 4 and the Hamilton Yacht Club

Overlooking Bayfront Park with the conjunction behind.

Sam Lawrence Park. Jupiter is just to the left of the prominent tree near the center of the image and some of the city lights are off to the right.