Sorry for the length but Venus was so odd this morning I kept a lot in. At 8:45, while manual focusing, the planet took on the strangest shape I've ever captured of it.
The trio of the 5% Crescent Moon, with Mars to the right, (Zavijava a star in Virgo below Mars), & Venus below all of them. Also a quick look at Sirius, picture of Orion but no Pleiades.
6:11am, Tuesday Oct 17, 2017, NE Ohio, 32°F (0°C), Eastern & Southern Skies
~Jayling
(Ohio is in the Eastern Time Zone)
-Nikon P900 with 83x optical zoom & 166x dynamic fine digital zoom super telephoto Nikkor lens:
-Homemade Solar Filter using Thousand Oaks Optical Solar Filter Film (inexpensive from Amazon), some cardboard and tape.
