Jupiter (lower left) is in opposition to the sun tonight. The earth is between the sun and Jupiter, and Jupiter is closer to the earth tonight. The last time Jupiter made an approach this close to the earth was in 1963 (59 years ago). There might be a conspiracy in the 1963 approach and apposition. Saturn (upper right) looked on.
Jupiter and its moons among the stars
Saturn
Sliver moon left. Procyon middle right. Alhena upper right. Sirius far right.
This rose is a great representation of aging.
A Timku
How are you doing?
Toxic liver, bad kidneys
Mr. Happy’s sad
Sirius is the bright star in the center third of the photo below Orian’s Belt.
A closer view. I don’t know what was making the streak to the left of Orian’s Belt. It changed position slightly from the first shot.
Jupiter is in the lower right at the treeline.
Mars, The Pleiades, and Uranus are aligned.
Click on the photos to enlarge them.
Night Skies
Dawn
Assassin Bug on Sunflower
Somewhere in Nowhere
Dusk
Moon at 98.8% full of itself
Line of trucks in Carrizozo, New Mexico.
Right up the center of the photo is Orion, Mars, and the Pleiades. To the right of Orion’s belt is Betelgeuse.
The Pleiades
9:30 pm last night. Jupiter is in the lower left of the photo, and Saturn is close to the right edge of the photo.
Jupiter and four moons at 9:30 pm last night.
The sky straight overhead at 9:30 pm last night. Click on the image to enlarge it.
Jupiter and three of its moons at 1:30 am this morning. I woke up and 1:30 am and remembered I had left the drip systems on, so I got up and turned off the drip system and photographed Jupiter. I forgot my iPhone, so I didn’t get any wide-angle photos of the sky at 1:30 am.
The sky looking east at 5:30 am this morning. Click on the image to enlarge it.
Jupiter with three of its moons at 5:30 am this morning. It’s interesting how the moons change positions through the night.
The sky straight overhead at 5:30 am this morning. You can see the Pleiades and Mars in the upper right side of the photo. Click on the image to enlarge it.
The clouds at sunset this evening.
Here’s a close-up of the stone house in the landscape on Friday’s post.
Night sky at 2:00 am. The Pleiades is in the lower center and Mars is below the Pleiades. Click on the image to enlarge it.
Jupiter and four of its moons. The sky was clear last night, but I could not get Jupiter’s stripes, and the photos of Saturn were blobs. There must have been an atmospheric disturbance obscuring clear shots of the planets.
Down by the river where we like to go
Walked a coyote wouldn’t you know
He stopped and he squatted and gave it a squeeze
Not a care in the world he was quite pleased
The K2 Comet is out there somewhere behind the clouds.
Full moon rising
A Summer Tanager
Dragonfly in green
Off Center & Not Even 