 If you want to shoot the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn from a city you're gonna have to get high Because there's buildings all around in a city and the Great Conjunction is only 20 degrees above the horizon Which is about from pinky to thumb extended and so maybe you can see it right over here You need you need what's called a horizon a clear horizon So the only way to get that in a city is usually to get high So what I did is I found this parking ramp and I'm paying for parking right now But I don't mind because this is so cool And I went all the way to the top of the parking ramp and I've set up my camera up here And I have this great clear view of the conjunction right over the Charles River here in Boston And so this is my main tip if you're photographing the Great Conjunction do some planning We're still six days out right now from the closest pass of the two planets Which is December 21st also called the Great Conjunction or the Christmas Star And so I hope that I get clear skies that night But because I've done this scouting and I've I've picked out this spot I know that it's gonna be a great spot if we do get a clear sky And I'm gonna bring all my gear up here all my different camera lenses and telescopes and binoculars So that I can really get a cool experience viewing it and photographing it I don't have too many tips for Exactly how to photograph it because everyone's gear is different What I recommend is just whatever gear you have bring it with you and try to get some photos of this because it's so cool The closer that the planets get together of course the longer your lens will have to be to resolve that separation So on the actual 21st you probably need like a fairly long lens to actually see that they're not just one object They're gonna get that close together And another thing I would really recommend is if you have any kind of pair of binoculars bring them because this is gonna be a great Thing to view through binoculars Okay, well, I hope this has provided a few useful tips for Viewing and photographing the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn from a city again to review Find it a high spot. So this could be a hill a parking ramp like we are here The top of a building anything like that and that's going to give you your best shot at actually seeing it and to Don't actually I haven't said this yet. Don't wait for the 21st If because you don't know what the weather is going to be like on the 21st So as soon as you have an opportunity a clear night like tonight to go look at this go look at it to find it You're just going to look approximately southwest Right get there right at sunset and it will get clear and clear as the Sun goes down It's now approaching night and it's really really clear and and Jupiter and Saturn are just like this far apart if I hold out my Hand like that. They're really close together. This is a little bit a little bit scattered, but I hope you got something out of this I'm gonna go ahead and continue my testing with all my different cameras and lenses because I want to get the most out of this Before it sets for tonight. All right till next time. This has been Nico Carver nebula photos calm