Neal Jacob » Space http://nealjacob.com/blog The photography of Neal Jacob Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:01:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Jupiter and Venus get Mooned http://nealjacob.com/blog/2008/12/01/jupiter-and-venus-get-mooned/ http://nealjacob.com/blog/2008/12/01/jupiter-and-venus-get-mooned/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:45:34 +0000 Neal http://nealjacob.com/blog/?p=150 Tonight we were treated to a rare celestial showing.  Jupiter and Venus (not Mars as lots of people have been saying) joined the crescent moon for a show in our backyard.   Nathanael came out on the deck with me with his Crayola Camera while Daddy was shooting with his D200 and a 70-200mm on a tripod.

Venus is the brighter and larger “dot” (lower part of photo) and Jupiter is the smaller “dot” (upper part of photo).

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