Conjunction of Venus (lower right) and Jupiter (upper left)

The two planets were about 1 degree apart this day. If you put the mouse over this image, you will see a longer exposure that shows the moons of Jupiter.

Images taken with TEC-140 Telescope mounted on Losmandy G11 mount. Camera used was a Canon EOS20D used at prime focus.

Three 1 minutes exposures dark compensated, aligned and stacked, background removed and Digitaly Developed in ImagesPlus 2.01