March 19th, 2012 at 2:00PM
(via Starship Asterisk* • View topic - Submission Gallery: Jupiter-Venus Conjuction/Mars Opposition) If you had a nice camera, a mount, and some time, you could also capture Mars in opposition with Jupiter and Venus. Note also that the photographer here captured Mercury by itself against a darker background and put it into the shot more visibly. Click the link at the top of the post to see the full gallery of shots collected by the APOD editors via submissions to Starship Asterisk, the APOD forum. Mars, Moon, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury in a row http://homepage.univie.ac.at/franz.kerschbaumCopyright: Franz Kerschbaum

(via Starship Asterisk* • View topic - Submission Gallery: Jupiter-Venus Conjuction/Mars Opposition)

If you had a nice camera, a mount, and some time, you could also capture Mars in opposition with Jupiter and Venus. Note also that the photographer here captured Mercury by itself against a darker background and put it into the shot more visibly.

Click the link at the top of the post to see the full gallery of shots collected by the APOD editors via submissions to Starship Asterisk, the APOD forum.

Mars, Moon, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury in a row

http://homepage.univie.ac.at/franz.kerschbaum
Copyright: Franz Kerschbaum

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October 17th, 2011 at 5:22PM
(via Starship Asterisk* • View topic - APOD Collection: Clusters of Galaxies) Click on the link for APOD’s retrospective on galaxy clusters. Just do it. You will be amazed.

(via Starship Asterisk* • View topic - APOD Collection: Clusters of Galaxies)

Click on the link for APOD’s retrospective on galaxy clusters. Just do it. You will be amazed.

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