Jupiter in 2012

Derby and District Astronomical Society

Jupiter in 2012

Claire Spencer took this image of the 'Christmas conjunction' of Jupiter and the Moon on the 25th December 2012 from southern Spain. She used a Panasonic DMC-FS16 camera. Image Credit: Claire Spencer.

This image by Claire Spencer shows the conjunction of Jupiter and the Moon around 1:00 am on the 29th November 2012. The star Aldebaran is also visible in the 6-o'clock position. Claire used a Panasonic DMC-FS16 camera. Image Credit: Claire Spencer.

Brian Dodson captured the following images of Jupiter in grazing occultation with the Moon during the early hours of the 15th July 2012. He used a Canon 300D camera mounted on a telescope for tracking. Brian's entertaining account of his exploits to view this event may be read here... Image Credit: Brian Dodson.

Robert Seymour captured the following four images of the close conjunction (actually a near grazing occultation) of Jupiter and the Moon during the predawn skies on the 15th July 2012. All four images were taken using a Canon EOS 40D camera. The first picture was taken at 03:19 BST using a 200mm Canon prime lens, while the remainder were shot using a 17-55mm zoom lens between 03:25 and 03:28 BST. The lower three pictures also show Venus some distance below the Moon-Jupiter pairing, with the star Aldebaran visible to the right of Venus in the first of the three wider views. Image Credit: Robert Seymour.

Peter Sturgess took this image of the conjunction (near grazing occultation) of the Moon and Jupiter in the predawn skies of the 15th July 2012 using a Sony DSC-H20 camera. Image Credit: Peter Sturgess.

Keith Plamping took this photograph of Venus, the Moon and Jupiter on the evening of the 26th March 2012. The crescent Moon shows very obvious earth-shine and Venus lies just above and to the right of it. Jupiter lies some distance below the Moon and Venus. Keith used a Canon EOS 600D camera at f/4.5 and ISO-400 with a 2 second exposure. Image Credit: Keith Plamping.

Keith Plamping took this photograph of Venus, Jupiter and the Moon on the evening of the 25th March 2012. The crescent Moon is to the left of the conifer and shows very obvious earth-shine in this exposure. Jupiter lies to the left of the Moon and Venus shines very brightly higher up the sky. The Plieades are visible at the top of the picture and also the Hyades near the upper left corner. Keith used a Canon EOS 600D camera at f/5 and ISO-400 with a 13 second exposure. Image Credit: Keith Plamping.

The following picture was taken by Keith Plamping on the evening of the 25th February 2012 using a Canon EOS 600D camera with a 18-135mm telephoto lens. The picture shows from upper left to lower right Jupiter, Venus and the crescent Moon. Image Credit: Keith Plamping.

The following images show the conjunction of Venus and the Moon (with Jupiter at upper left) on the evening of the 25th February 2012. They were taken by Mike Lancaster from Belper using an HTC Desire HD phone. Some noise reduction was applied using Adobe Photoshop. The images were taken at 18:11 and 19:08 UT respectively. Image Credit: Mike Lancaster.

This picture was taken by Mike Lancaster from Belper on the 24th February 2012 at 18:11 UT using an HTC Desire HD phone. It shows from upper left to lower right Jupiter, Venus and the crescent Moon. Image Credit: Mike Lancaster.

The following two pictures show from upper left to lower right Jupiter, Venus and the Moon. They were taken by Mike Lancaster from Belper around 18:40 UT on the 24th February 2012 using a Canon EOS 50D camera with an EFS 17-85mm lens at f/4 and ISO-1600 using 1.3 second and 0.5 second exposures respectively. Some noise reduction was applied using Adobe Photoshop. Image Credit: Mike Lancaster.

The following two pictures were taken by Keith Plamping on the evening of the 24th February 2012 using a Canon EOS 600D camera with a 18-135mm telephoto lens. The pictures show from upper left to lower right Jupiter, Venus and the crescent Moon. Image Credit: Keith Plamping.

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