Conjunction

[David Eckels]

Best I could do hand held. Are those some of Jupiter's moons?
December 20, 2020, 6:17 PM, D850, Nikkor 80-400 @ 340 mm, 1/125 sec, f/5.6, ISO 25600

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Impressive, especially hand-held.

No luck where I am; all cloudy.

[Bob_B]

99.5% confident those are two of Jupiter's moons. Nice shot.

[MattBurt]

Definitely some moons. Nice!

[Rajan Parrikar]

I hear Europa is quite the photographer's paradise.

[David Eckels]

I hear Europa is quite the photographer's paradise.

When can we go?

[Ken Bennett]

Nice for handheld. Yes those are Jupiter's moons -- there were 4 visible, but easier to see with a tripod.

[David Eckels]

Went back through my exposures and found this, the sharpest with yet some noise moderation. Tweaked for noise in LR then only Topaz DeNoise in PS.
December 20, 2020, 6:16:56 PM, AZ time, D850, Nikkor 80-400 @ 340 mm, 1/125 sec, f/5.6, ISO 12800. Fascinating to see it like this.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

That is impressive, David!

[plugsnpixels]

First try (Canon DSLR left on Program, 30-second handheld exposure, oops – space dragon!). Then a manual 1/60 handheld, max zoom. Got the planets but not moons or rings. Lots of stars though (or sensor dust-!).

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Makes a fascinating abstract, Plugs!   

[plugsnpixels]

The Barney of the universe!