Thursday, 16 December 2021

Evening Star


 

A couple of weeks ago on evening  I looked out the kitchen window and noticed the evening star and a crescent moon, no need to say what I did next

Up to the bathroom window for a couple of photos with my phone


 Zooming in you could see the star and the moon clearer though I little grainy but really what do you expect using a phone on full zoom

Lets try it again with a camera


 I only used the medium zoom I had with this which was 230mm but it shows the moon sharper

Change over to portrait mode


and crop it a little, Could have been a little closer but beggars can't be choosers

Happy Skywatch



 

16 comments:

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

Nice shots, that's a handy bathroom window you have there.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful photos, Bill. Makes me wonder if maybe that star is a planet. Here we've been seeing the moon with Venus, and sometimes on a very rare clear night, the moon with Saturn and Mars as well.

Tom said...

...did you made a wish on the star?

Jocelyn said...

Great photos.

Spare Parts and Pics said...

Beautiful photos, and impressive that you captured them using your phone!

William Kendall said...

Wonderful captures.

Fun60 said...

Looks like the moon was trying to catch the star and hoping to put it in its pocket. ( I'm going to have that tune in my head for hours now).

John "By Stargoose And Hanglands" said...

Nice photos. I love it when there's just a thin sickle of moon like that.

Billy Blue Eyes said...

Better than on the ground floor

Billy Blue Eyes said...

Could not tell you but you could be right about Venus

Billy Blue Eyes said...

Some were with my R6 and zoom but was pleased with the phone ones

Billy Blue Eyes said...

Thank you William

Billy Blue Eyes said...

Ah I thought it was "Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket"

Billy Blue Eyes said...

Yes though It is a shame they were not closer together.

Mandy Has Coffee said...

it's not easy to capture a star, great job!

Mary Kirkland said...

Your phone takes great night time pictures. Mine, not so much.