Saturn & Jupiter Conjunction

Last night 24th Dec 2020, we had clear sky and I used my Canon EOS M5 on a tripod to take photos over a half hour period. Had never used this camera in the dark before so some photos were very blurred. Pressed the wrong buttons a few times. Think this was on 1 second exposure, huge ISO setting, widest aperture.

Have reduced the size from 6000 px wide to 1000 here. Soon after this shot they set into the trees on the western border of our block. The trees are about 200m away from the camera. Exif data should be there if of interest.

The shrubs and trees visible in the foreground were lit by the moonlight, not apparent to the naked eye but quite visible in the photos. This was taken at 21:48 local time, about 1h40 after sunset.

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