Looking for the planets

I captured Venus instead of Saturn and Jupiter. I think they were lower in the sky than I could see from my vantage point.

[Mary Siegle]

Kathy I don’t think that you photographed Venus. I just looked online at the rise and set times for Venus and it would’ve set earlier in the afternoon and been below the horizon. I think I see the two planets in conjunction in your photo. Definitely two spots of light anyway, brighter below and on the left and fainter above and to the right of the other.

[Taffy]

Very moody. Nicely done to capture Venus. We have so much ambient light that we don't see a single star most of the time. Especially disappointing when there's the major astral event these past few days!

[Issi Bannerman]

Like Mary, I see two planets. Nicely done!

[william wooderson]

Still, you had a better sky than here! I too would have loved to see the Saturn - Jupiter occurrence.

[Susan Wakely]

Very cloudy here so good that you captured something.

[katy]

I agree with Mary @mcsiegle And I am so impressed! I thought it would be lower in the sky so I didn’t even try. Well done Kathy.

[bkb in the city]

Nice shot. We were not able to see them here

[Jean]

Pretty image!

[Margaret Brown]

Nice image, we had clouds so no luck

[haskar]

Nicely done! We have thick clouds...

[Tunia McClure]

I had to go out wandering down the street to find a place with no trees.

[Pyrrhula]

Great shot of the night sky and tree silhouette

[Kathy]

@mcsiegle I didn't notice that until I got back tonight from photographing it again. I zoomed in on that bright spot and sure enough it does have two dots. I found an app that worked well today and realized as you said, that Venus would have been below the horizon at that time. I'm so excited!
@taffy Well it wasn't Venus after all, it's Jupiter and Saturn. (Yeah!) I'm sorry you weren't able to see it.
@jamibann Yup, I saw that tonight. Thanks Issi.
@will_wooderson Last night there were a few clouds that passed by. Tonight - cloudless.
@wakelys Yes. I'm tickled pink to discover this really was a shot of the planets.
@grammyn Thanks Katy. I'm tickled to death.
@bkbinthecity Too bad Brian. I would have loved to have access to a telescope.
@jernst1779 Thank you Jean.
@craftymeg That's too bad. I figured we would too.
@haskar Thank you. I hate you couldn't see them.
@tunia That's the hardest thing around here too. Luckily there is a small break in the trees in the backyard and across the street in the front is wide open.
@pyrrhula Thank you Ferry.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Pretty shot of the Christmas Star! I didn't think it was Venus when I read your commentary. It looked to me to be in a similar spot to where I saw Saturn and Jupiter.

[Kathy]

@olivetreeann Thank you Ann.