MARS, SATURN AND SPICA CONJUNCTION
Image Linkhttps://ocastronomers.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Mars-Saturn-Spica.jpg
Photographer Michael Batchelor
Optics Used None, Camera on Vixen Sphinx SXD Equatorial Mount
Camera Used NIKON D700
Settings / Equipment Nikon D700, 70mm @ f10 2 min exp, -0.3ev, ISO 400, 14BIT
Location Table Mountain near Wrightwood Ca. @ 9:24 pm
Date / Time August 5, 2012 9:24 pm
Copyright Michael Daugherty
Additional Information CURIOSITY safely landed on Mars about an hour after this picture was taken. There was a lot of smoke in the air from a nearby fire