I had recently heard about the planets coming into alignment and thought that it would be a great chance to take a look at the stars. After mentioning it to my wife and kids I found out that they wanted to have a look also.
On the night of the 25 January we went up to a look out area but did not have much luck as it was a cloudy night and not good for looking at the night sky for stars. I did However take some photos, here they are:
We read some more information about it and found out that the planets should still be able to be seen up until late February. With this new information we decided to buy a cheap telescope to help us get a better look. The old saying you get what you pay for is true and whilst I have had some minor success I feel with a better telescope I could have done better.
Here is a photo of Jupiter we took on the 26th January. It is the bright one in the middle of the photo:
Here is a photo of Venus and what I believe to be Saturn:
Venus is the biggest of the two in the photo above.
Above is another one of Jupitar in which I managed to also get a gum tree and a few other stars in also.
Jupiter is the Planet almost hidden by the tree.
Whilst the Telescope did not work all that well I did manage to take a couple of photos of stuff that I was able to find.
It was a fun way to spend the evenings for a few days and also teach the kids about the night sky.
Thanks for reading, I hope that you enjoyed looking at my photos.
Wow, This is amazing! Thank you for sharing these wonderful sightings.
Your welcome. I am glad that you enjoyed them.
Have a great day!
Oh wow me and my son wants to buy a telescope for years already. Thank you for the pics!
Anything done with loved ones though is definitely worth it though.Your welcome @dantrin. I would recommend spending the money on a good one rather then a cheap one from my experience.
Have a great day my friend!
Hi @mickvir! This is @ninaeatshere. Such a great experience for the family! The kids probably found it fascinating, it's something that doesn't happen that often and it will surely be a memory that will last for a long time.
A pity about the quality of the telescope, but these are things that you learn with time and practice (or investments haha), but you had to try it to see how well it worked.
Thanks for sharing this experience in the @worldmappin Discord, we are glad to have you there, in many parts of the world it is being difficult to have even a minimal view of this astronomical event. So thank you for sharing!
For any questions, don't hesitate to contact the team on our Discord channel.
Cheers!
They had a lot of fun with it and were excited for the event. They asked me if we could go to a local look out which was where some of the photos in this post came from. It was cloudy that night and they were a little disappointed but we did manage to see Venus on the drive back to our house so I pulled over and we looked up at it.
One of my daughters decided then and there that we needed a telescope and convinced my wife that we had to go to Kmart the next day to try buy one. As we found out it was not great but even through failure we can still have great experiences and this was definitely one of those times.
Have a great day!
It looks like they were very immersed in the experience, that is so cool! I hope there will be another day yet that will let you keep on star hunting.
Big hugs to your family!