Moon and Jupiter

The moon and Jupiter came close on the 2 October and with reasonably clear skies i was able to get a few photo

I went down to Scatness broch near Sumburgh runway and with the Moon and Jupiter low down i was able to link them with the landscape

After i went to Sumburgh head using the old Muckle Roe lighthouse to link the two planets to the Shetland landscape

 

The Stars over Shetland

Mousa under the stars

Jupiter just behind Sandlodge

Jupiter and a few of its Moons

Orion looking good over Sandsayre

Milky Way over Leebitton, Sandwick

 Orion with Pleiades higher up

Planets showing

 A clear night for a change and a chance of the Aurora, well that was the plan. No Aurora showed as the CME passed us by but it was good to get out to photograph the night sky.

Mars was showing big (40%) and bright off to the east just to the left of Sandlodge. Over to the south Saturn and Jupiter showed and i manged to capture both together with Jupiter's moons.

Even at 11.15pm it wasn't dark but in the coming weeks the nights will be drawing in, so hoping for a few clear nights and plenty of Aurora activity

All photos from Sandsayre in Sandwick, Shetland