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- Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Astronomy#Sky
Info I had read about the conjunction of the moon and Jupiter on September 5 and I was hoping to catch them over water for some nice reflections. Thankfully it was a mostly clear and calm night when I came down to the fjord. Sure enough, there was a very bright planet close to the moon so I think I got it right. Please correct me otherwise. I also like that the moon is this one major sizzling bright light it so often is for us living here in the countryside, and not that bleak 'face' with features you usually see in photos. Even so, you can make out the ragged line, created by the moon mountains, between the bright and dark side of the moon. All by me, -- Cart (talk) 08:56, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
Support -- Cart (talk) 08:56, 11 October 2019 (UTC)- Support It's certainly impressive to see the reflection of Jupiter as well as that of the moon. Cmao20 (talk) 10:15, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 10:50, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
Comment I do enjoy the compo but there is some cw tilt and it's quite noisy. I'd support if fixed. Poco2 17:08, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
- I'll have to get back to you on that. Right now we have a power blackout for all of Lysekil Municipality. Only batteries and backup generators for powering the mobile phone network. I'm writing this sitting by a kerosene lamp. Rather cosy. No moon though since it's raining. :-) --Cart (talk) 17:55, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
- Ok, I'm back in the 21th century. The small tilt is fixed and a very, very, light NR is in place. I don't want to give it too much and lose the detail in the photo. With small sensor cameras it is so easy to overdo the NR, so I'm usually very restrained when it comes to that. I'll rather keep some noise than make it all plastic looking. --Cart (talk) 19:23, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support --Michielverbeek (talk) 17:50, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support -- Bijay chaurasia (talk) 04:54, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support --Podzemnik (talk) 07:51, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support.--Vulphere 09:37, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support --Famberhorst (talk) 17:40, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 04:07, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 06:43, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support --Llez (talk) 04:47, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support Daniel Case (talk) 17:02, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
- Comment
Sorry Cart, I have doubts that this is Jupiter. My feeling is that it should be closer than this to the moon (hard to tell, is 23mm from the EXIF the FF equiv?). It is quite possible that we're looking at Saturn here. And Jupiter could well be behind the clouds, closer to the moon, to its left, and slightly under. - Benh (talk) 21:11, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
added note to pinpoint supposedly location of Jupiter. - Benh (talk) 21:13, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
- It's 64mm in FF equiv. So probably it is Jupiter (would have been to close to be Saturn anyways in 23mm). Sorry sorry. - Benh (talk)
- I have 44 shots of this scene taken during a 30 minutes timeframe with the clouds moving rather rapidly over the sky (plus a bunch of other shots in other directions). During all that time, this was the only really bright planet in the sky. Had any other planet been hidden behind these clouds, it would have been visible in some of the other shots. This is a straight from camera (I haven't processed them all yet, hence the rather blue tone the camera's internal image processor loves to add) taken later when the cloud had moved a bit. It's from a slightly different position so a light is seen here that was obscured by a cliff in the first shots. I was playing around with framing, time, format, etc. Did you really think I would go on a shoot like this and take only one photo? :-) --Cart (talk) 21:44, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
- I don't doubt you are careful enough. I just read a caption ("it is most likely Jupiter") leaving little room for doubt, so I help checking, that's all. I'm often too hasty, but I also often correct myself when I see I'm wrong, no worries ;) Sorry again for the trouble (if any). - Benh (talk) 16:26, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
- Nah Benh , that's ok no trouble. I wrote like that since I think it's prudent to invite others to check if something is outside your area of expertise, especially when we have access to so many talented people here. It was only your implication that I hadn't checked the rest of the sky and under the clouds for possible other planets during the session that bugged me a bit. If part of a photo is hard to see or obscured for some reason, it's always best to just ask if there are any other versions from the shoot that can clarify things. No hard feelings. :) --Cart (talk) 20:08, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support -- Pofka (talk) 11:20, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
Confirmed results:
Result: 13 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 14:04, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
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