2022 Planetary Alignment
Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and the Moon
In June 2022 all of the planets came into alignment. It is exceedingly rare that all planets would be visible at the same time. They formed a large arc of over 100° on the morning sky.
The montage below features 4 planets, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and the Moon. The order is as they appeared on the sky. The distances are not to scale, but the angular sizes were preserved.
Technical details
| Telescope | Skywatcher Esprit 100ED (f/5.5) |
| Filter | Astrodon LRGB Gen2 E-Series |
| Field flattener | Skywatcher Esprit (1x) |
| Camera | QHYCCD 268m, -15°C, Mode 3, Gain 0, Offset 30 |
| Resolution | 2520x1890 (cropped 1:1, montage, no scaling) |
| Location | Bolton, UK |
| Local time | 2022-06-23 03:16 - 04:16 |
| Target | Filter | Frames |
|---|---|---|
| Saturn | Red | 164 |
| Green | 163 | |
| Blue | 167 | |
| Jupiter | Red | 149 |
| Green | 169 | |
| Blue | 170 | |
| Mars | Red | 179 |
| Green | 176 | |
| Blue | 175 | |
| Moon | Lum | 78 |
| Venus | Red | 237 |
| Green | 279 | |
| Blue | 266 |