At present, quite a few planets are easily seen from Sydney – all quite early in the evening. These are Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn – all visible at dusk, and a bit later Mars appears.
Saturn
In the early evening, I went outside, and just using my camera and telephoto lens (with teleconverter) I took a few hand held shots of three of the planets. I think the results are quite reasonable given the little trouble I went to to get the photos.
Jupiter and 4 Moons
Here is a picture of Jupiter taken from Stellarium showing the moons –
Technical details – lens used – 100-400 mm f 4 – 5.6 zoom with a 1.4x Teleconverter. All photos taken with an effective aperture of f8 and a focal length of 560 mm. All photos heavily cropped.
Venus (showing a phase)
- Saturn – 560 mm, f8, 1/200 sec, 1600 ISO
- Jupter – 560 mm, f8, 1/200 sec. 1600 ISO
- Venus – 560 mm, f8, 1/400 sec, 800 ISO