Close encounter of the Planetary Kind

Saturn Close encounter with the Moon
2/3/2007
Bray, Co Wicklow
Lunation 12.33 days
Ilumination 96.3%
Hand Held A Focal Shot
200mm/F6 Reflector
Meade 25mm , 2XBarlow
97X
02:33UT
Cannon Power Shot A 400
Image Rotated 180 degrees
Temp 1 degree C

I did a sequence of sketches last night and I will show them at COSMOS.
I grabbed my camera and took a series of A focal shots this is one of them my first ever photograph of Saturn
It was so cold, but what an amazing amazing visual encounter of a gas giant and our rocky Moon

Deirdre Kelleghan
Irish Astronomical Society

Very nice photo. You can just make out the band of rings.

That's a wonderful photo!

I love these kind of shots that bring home the difference in scale of these objects.

Bart.

Well done Dee, really nice.

Don't forget to post that drawing here also.

Great shot Deirdre !
I just wasn't able to stay up for it

Nicely done Deirdre! It can be hard trying to get the hand-held shots sometimes. But, you've captured the moment there brilliantly!