[AZ-Observing] Conjunction Junction

Another astronomical first for me, three planets in the eyepiece at the 
same time.  I had done two planets a couple times before, but three is 
something I hadn't had an opportunity to do.  How often do such events 
occur, certainly a very irregular thing I am sure, but I wonder what the 
average is?

They weren't that close, it took my 6" f/5.1 RFT telescope 
(http://www.siowl.com/Primero/primero.html) with a 35mm Panoptic 
eyepiece to do the job.  That combination gives me just over 3 degrees 
field and about 22x, but still enough to see Saturn's rings clearly, 
small, but clear.

The function?  none.  But still very pretty.  They are still in the sky 
for a few minutes more if you hurry, if not the show continues for the 
next few days as Saturn draws away from the trio, but Venus and Mercury 
dance together for a couple more nights getting much closer.

Andrew

Andrew Cooper
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