Two Frosties and a Freezie

The planets Venus and Jupiter, plus the giant red star Antares, glittered in clear cold air in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on the morning of Saturday, January 26, 2019. It was definitely not a celestial viewing moment for the timid as air temperature was a frigid -16 degrees F! Above, the trio are seen in the southeast sky from the border of Bowman Woods Park at 5:34 am CST. Image is a 15 second exposure at f/4.2, ISO 200 and 31mm focal length.

Another image captured from a nearby location at 5:39 am. 8 second exposure at f/6.3, ISO 200, 42mm focal length. Venus shown at magnitude -4.29, Jupiter at -1.85 and Antares at 1.03. Above Antares is the 2.87 magnitude star Al Niyat, below is the 2.81 magnitude star Tau Scorpii, both companions with Antares in the constellation Scorpius. Nikon D7200 DSLR camera.

Local weather conditions around the same time.