Do you want to photograph the Jupiter/Saturn Conjunction?

[@thomasmillar6261]

David, your video on this technical challenging photography subject is still very helpful to view, even long after the event. It explains some of the pitfalls that someone may make. I hope the move to the new house has gone well and we get to see more of your excellent videos. You are missed greatly!

[@highc999]

This is great...I think you covered all the bases!

[@Eyesonthesky]

Thank you - I tried to cover it all. Hope I didn't miss anything!

[@julieghislainst-jacques6926]

Thanks you David for these clear explanations, as usual.

[@Eyesonthesky]

You're welcome!

[@JamesAlburyTheSkyAboveUs]

Great video! This is going to be an awesome astrophotography event! :) "Keep looking up!"

[@robaston8106]

Super clear explanations. Really can't wait to try for this, as a newbie, I now have a fighting chance... if the weather plays nicely! Great video. Thank you.

[@Eyesonthesky]

You're welcome. I'm hoping for clear skies for everyone for this!

[@GHP15300]

Thank you David for the tips it help me mark the location of some locations of night sky objects in the naked eye

[@Eyesonthesky]

I hope your sky is clear for this!

[@ericramos9070]

Thanks for the great video. I live in Dallas and just went outside in my back yard and was able to see them without any problems. Hopefully I will get some good pics

[@Eyesonthesky]

I hope you do too! They are a challenge to get clearly due to the brightness difference between them. Take lots of photos at various exposures and ISO's if you can.

[@Oeis2782]

Wow this is amazing! I've been into astronomy for a while now but this is one of the first major astronomical events I will be seeing. I'm going to start playing around with Stellarium and see what's up above! Thanks for sharing this!

[@Oeis2782]

Also I have a quick question for you. So, I live in Japan so it's been a little confusing trying to wrap my head around the time difference for when the Great Conjunction will occur. Over here, it'll be visible starting at around 8:46am, according to timeanddate.com. Do you think it'll still be visible throughout the day? Or would my best bet be to wait until the sun goes down?

[@Eyesonthesky]

Look about 30 to 45 minutes past your local sunset.

[@toonage1]

Thanks again David, let's hope for clear skies at the time. I'm new to the astrophotography side of things after moving on from planets which you massively helped with around mount alignment through to lenses. Best wishes

[@Eyesonthesky]

Glad I was able to help get you aimed the right way. Hope you have clear skies for this!

[@martynh5410]

This was very well presented and explained. Wishing you “clear skies” on the 21st.

[@Eyesonthesky]

Thank you - hope you have clear skies too!

[@kyzercube]

Finished my shots. Got good results. I knew atmos. distortion was gonna be through the roof because it's a horizon shot, but for what it was worth, I got the shots with good weather and a clear horizon.

[@Eyesonthesky]

Awesome!

[@Carl.65]

Thanks for a nice clear explanation. By the way, when describing the various exposure lengths in the DSLR bit, you were actually speeding up the exposure rather than slowing it down. 1/160 of a second is much faster than 1 second. I'm gonna bust out my 300mm lens and Nikon D500 and see what I can capture.

[@accesstotheredcarpet]

NASA suggest 1/4 of a second. Not sure why David was shooting 1/160 of a second and I agree with you on this.

[@reidchandler6486]

glad someone is trying to help folks get ready to image this event! I will be trying (weather forgiving) to image this as well with my C8 and Neximage 10 color camera. instead of going super low gain with lucky imaging wouldn't adjusting the gamma help with the contrast of brightness in between the 2 planets?!

[@Eyesonthesky]

I would plan on being ready to make some quick adjustments to get the best image while the planets are still high in elevation.

[@stefanschneider3681]

Just did this with my Celestron 6SE, I had about 20 minutes before fog came back up on the little hill I went up - it was SO MUCH FUN!

[@Eyesonthesky]

Did you capture any images, or strictly visual observing?

[@stefanschneider3681]

@@Eyesonthesky Thanks for your quick response! I took lots of pictures with the camera on the tripod,, since I was just above the fog and the sunset was just BREATHTAKING! But the seeing was terrible, zooming in on the moon looked like a minestrone on the stove 😂! So I just took a few single shots just for fun, because I was fascinates that I could squize them both into one frame. I also took pictures beacause AGAIN bad weather is anounced ;-) an I just wanted to have at least one shot of it ... the weather here in the center of europe has been terrible the last two months ... Most importantly: I just really enjoyed the moment!

[@Eyesonthesky]

@@stefanschneider3681 if you enjoyed the moment, that's what matters most! Excellent!

[@stefanschneider3681]

@@Eyesonthesky If you are interested: www.dropbox.com/sh/d3oawrbuv84rlo7/AACP2r-DCRjJ4Og4rwNK2IrAa?dl=0 the next days it seems to get difficult again ...

[@avt_astro206]

Great Video David. I will Be Shooting The Conjunction Too, Clear Skies👍🔭

[@Eyesonthesky]

Excellent! Let me know what you are able to capture.

[@xsauce3858]

Wishing you clear skies as well

[@matthewrusek9512]

I saw Kankakee at about 0:30! That is where my family hopes to observe the Conjunction from!

[@Eyesonthesky]

Yes, I live not far from there so I use that as my Stellarium location.

[@neillandscape1376]

Great Job !!

[@barathulakrishnamoorthy1369]

Very good information. Thanks.

[@Eyesonthesky]

You're welcome.

[@darienmartin2107]

Awesome information as always. Great job.

[@Eyesonthesky]

Thank you

[@thesecondfirstergamer467]

Brilliant brilliant brilliant liked the video

[@Eyesonthesky]

Thanks!

[@accesstotheredcarpet]

Please turn on your subtitles for people who cannot hear. Thank you

[@Eyesonthesky]

I am not sure why KZbin does what it does. They are set to automatically publish as soon as my videos are live. For some reason, unless I go in and manually adjust them then save, they do not show up - and I am not sure why. I've been very busy lately with getting ready to move, and I have not been able to spend the time to update/republish the captions as quickly as I'd have hoped My apologies for that - my wife is deaf, and she tends to keep me on track with that, so I am sorry I haven't done that quickly for these latest videos. Please forgive my tardiness!

[@hottokatrazi]

Hi, thank you for that great video. Are there any filters that will help with the blown out Jupiter? Can you please share the setting for the ZWO ASI120 in Stellarium? I use (from top to bottom): 1280, 960, 4.80 , 3,60, 3.75, 3.75, zeros....)

[@Eyesonthesky]

Everyone's telescope and conditions will be different, so I don't know what settings will work best for your situation. Do start practicing now. Try going back and forth between the planets to see what may work. And be ready to adjust settings quickly on the 21st if you need to.

[@jfrenchphotoz3342]

I have a 500 mm lens on a crop sensor DSLR, so 750mm equivalent. How close up can I get with that; is that enough zoom to catch Saturn's Rings or Jupiter's bands? I can crop a decent amount as I have a 20 megapixel sensor. Or should I look into a telescope/DSLR setup?

[@Eyesonthesky]

Take practice photos now. See what you can capture.

[@Devlinator61116]

500mm is enough. I can get reliably capture Saturn's rings at 300mm and I also captured Jupiter's cloud bands once when it was at opposition.

[@cbatiau2528]

You mentioned taking video, but then didn't really say very much about that. Any recommendations about taking video, and how to extract decent images afterwards from video?

[@Eyesonthesky]

It's how images are taken with the red ZWO camera I showed. You will likely need to turn the gain down to get detail, but that might lose the ability to capture the moons.

[@Devlinator61116]

The most widely used planetary processing software are Planetery Imaging Pre-Processor (or PIPP for short) and Autostakkert! 3. Final tweaks can be done in photoshop or any similar program.

[@drrach1]

Can I do with 70-300mm lens?(crop camera 1.5x)

[@Eyesonthesky]

Yes. At 300mm.

[@Devlinator61116]

I have a 75-300mm lens for my Canon T6. I can just capture Saturn's rings with it. 300mm is definitely as low as you want to go though.

[@abhangchitale4725]

Hey amazing video, but can I do something with my phone camera (with adjustable shutter and iso) as I don't have any telescope-ic stuff to get help. Anyway cheers for the astronomic event.

[@Eyesonthesky]

It was literally the first thing I talked about in the video. See here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXmvh4CNqbGEnZo

[@abhangchitale4725]

@@Eyesonthesky yeah, I know with only a cell phone we should not expect a high res img😁 Amazing guiding and video man✌❣

[@go-explore]

Is there any good apps for star tracking that are accurate?? Cheers

[@Eyesonthesky]

I use Stellarium on my PC. Sky Safari is excellent for phone or tablet. Skeye is not quite as good as Sky Safari, but is free.

[@agoodjoe6910]

Knowing my luck the UK will be cloudy sky on the 21st

[@SchardtCinematic]

I'll be using my Canon 90D and my 70-300mm lens. I'm so ready to get these photos. Praying I can make out some rings on saturn.

[@Eyesonthesky]

I had my 72mm refractor reduced to an effective 340mm and could make out Saturn's rings. So I think you should be okay.

[@jasonyoung8509]

The link is broken for the phone mount

[@Eyesonthesky]

Fixed.

[@book3100]

It's going to be an astro modded dslr and 1000mm fl at f8.3 for me. Still need a laptop too, so I might not make it. I'll see it for sure, just might not get the imaging done. C'est let vie.

[@Eyesonthesky]

Good luck, and clear skies!

[@wcvrrr]

I got it last night it is BEAUTIFUL not happening for another 800 years

[@wcvrrr]

Srry I meant hasn’t happened in 800 years

[@THEDARKNIGHT8657]

man i just got a telescope i just want to see it with my eyes