Moon and the Star ?

Awais Yaqub

Or moor and the some planet ? any idea ? was there for i think 2hrs. When it was right in center of the moon it was looking like star and moon on Pakistani flag but when i reached to my home it was away from center

Sony H5 full zoom and cropping
when i was in market people were shooting with cell phones :huh

courierman

nice shot AY,it's a bit big for a planet ,maybe it's the space station or the shuttle ,well done

Strav

was this last night? If so, I was watching the same thing. It seemed off to me because the closest star to the planet never shines this bright. It followed the moon too. I live up high in a condo in Toronto Canada fwiw. Initially I was thinking satellite, but it's movement in unison with the moon made me think planet.

Awais Yaqub

I shot this picture about 6 hrs ago

Strav

interesting. Well 6 hours ago here it was 10 am. I saw this around 10pm last night making it 12 hours prior to the time you saw it. Have no idea. Space shuttle seems like a good answer however.

Awais Yaqub

When i was shooting it suddenly disappeared and after 1hr it came back on other side of moon. Yeah may be a space shuttel

farfromthesun

I think it's Venus - they (the moon and venus) stayed pretty close together this evening - when a planet or star dissapear behind the moon it's called an "occultation".)

The image below is a screenshot from Stellarium (www.stellarium.org) and shows the sky from roughly your location, at roughly the time you say you took the pic:



The brightest object in the night sky is Venus (apart from the sun and moon) - how long was the exposure time?

farfromthesun

Awais Yaqub wrote:

When i was shooting it suddenly disappeared and after 1hr it came back on other side of moon. Yeah may be a space shuttel

Ah! Definately Venus, then. The shuttle / iss would go across the sky in around 2 minutes. Check here: http://www.heavens-above.com/ for more info on ISS tracking - and I challenge anybody out there to get a photo of it!!

courierman

here are some of my moons shots ,i'll try and get out tonight and see if i can get the bright light





thanks

Awais Yaqub

farfromthesun wrote:

I think it's Venus - they (the moon and venus) stayed pretty close together this evening - when a planet or star dissapear behind the moon it's called an "occultation".)

The image below is a screenshot from Stellarium (www.stellarium.org) and shows the sky from roughly your location, at roughly the time you say you took the pic:

The brightest object in the night sky is Venus (apart from the sun and moon) - how long was the exposure time?

Thanks Buddy. I knew you will solve the mistry
And 1/10 sec Iso 80 and F 3.7
And yeah there were also Saturn and Regulus but they were not bright

Courier Man these are wonderful !

Strav

My girlfriend said it was Venus last night. Refused to believe her up until now. It was flickering however which I thought strange. Tried to nail a telephoto shot without tripod but no such luck.

farfromthesun

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Thanks Buddy. I knew you will solve the mistry
And 1/10 sec Iso 80 and F 3.7
And yeah there were also Saturn and Regulus but they were not bright

No worries - happy to help!

Strav wrote:

My girlfriend said it was Venus last night. Refused to believe her up until now. It was flickering however which I thought strange. Tried to nail a telephoto shot without tripod but no such luck.

Planets don't generate light, but reflect the Sun's. That's what we see - sure you know that, which is probably why you were dubious of your girlfriend. It could be that the atmosphere is making it appear to flicker (a telesope users nightmare) or that your girlfriend is totally wrong, and you were right (yay! ) Which direction was it? Venus is always in the West, and is there for a few hours after the Sun goes down.

Here's my effort from 10 minutes ago:

ajgauthier

...and you got a good clear shot of Venus' phase!

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Or moor and the some planet ? any idea ? was there for i think 2hrs. When it was right in center of the moon it was looking like star and moon on Pakistani flag but when i reached to my home it was away from center

Sony H5 full zoom and cropping
when i was in market people were shooting with cell phones

great shot! that indeed is Venus You've also captured a good shot of it's current phase (just about half-way lit). Because Venus is in between the Earth and the Sun, we see phases of Venus like we see phases of the Moon. I checked with Starry Night --- you did indeed capture the phase. Venus *shouldn't* be a complete sphere right now, just a little over half-way full.

Good job!

Tonight --- we have a nice alignment --- Saturn, the Moon, then Venus

Adrienne

ajgauthier

Strav wrote:

My girlfriend said it was Venus last night. Refused to believe her up until now. It was flickering however which I thought strange. Tried to nail a telephoto shot without tripod but no such luck.

farfromthesun explained it pretty well

Planets will look to twinkle when they are close to the horizon as you looking through more atmophere (moisture, heat rising off the planet from daytime, smoke, pollution...) looking low on your horizon than you are when an object is higher in the sky.

Of course --- we have a brilliant Jupiter rising in the east now, next to Scorpio and a red giant star (very twinkly) called Antares. Jupiter looks very large and brighter than Venus right now (in the western sky)

Adrienne

Skippy

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Or moor and the some planet ? any idea ? was there for i think 2hrs. When it was right in center of the moon it was looking like star and moon on Pakistani flag but when i reached to my home it was away from center

Sony H5 full zoom and cropping
when i was in market people were shooting with cell phones

Nice one Awais ... Skippy
.

farfromthesun

ajgauthier wrote:

Of course --- we have a brilliant Jupiter rising in the east now, next to Scorpio and a red giant star (very twinkly) called Antares. Jupiter looks very large and brighter than Venus right now (in the western sky)

Adrienne

Yes, Jupiter is becoming a much easier target these days, however, it's not as bright at magnitude -2.15 as Venus, which is -4.28.

Do you observe / photograph with a telescope?

Awais Yaqub

Thanks Everyone