Constellation Conjunction 2015

Last week I posted about the appearance of the Moon, Jupiter, and Venus timeout.watchprosite.com when I was doing some night shooting in a remote location. I read somewhere on the news that Saturn was visible on June 28, 29, 30. However, this time I was in the city but I still attempted to grab a few pics.

This is what the moon looked like on Monday June 29th at around 7pm from the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles:

There was still light out so I couldn't make out Saturn. An hour or so later it started to get dark...

I waited a few minutes and caught a plane flying by!

From the colors it looks like Southwest airlines, what do you think?

At 9pm I went back outside and took another shot...

With the naked eye I could spot Saturn and Antares but I couldn't capture it on camera...

Anyone manage to see Saturn?

-MW

Seeing Saturn

By: Robert Durick : July 3rd, 2015-14:27

I was able to see it a little past 8:30 pm the past couple of nights a little east of overhead. It was the bright, unflickering pinpoint in that part of the sky. It was distinguished and lonely enough that I could point it out to people who did not ordina...

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