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Date(s)

10:50 PM MST, 03/22/07
Mead, Colorado

Exposure Data

Composite of 1/125, 1/30, 2, and 10 seconds
ISO200

Optics and Camera

Takahashi Sky90
f4.5 field flattener
Nikon D70s

Processing Tools

Photoshop CS

 
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Moon nears Pleiades - March 22, 2007


The image above shows the moon nearing the Pleiades star cluster.  On this night, the moon would pass in front of stars in the cluster causing them to be briefly hidden from view.  I would not see the show as clouds moved in and pulled the final curtain shortly after this image was taken.

The image above can also be seen in the April 2008 issue of Astronomy Magazine.

 
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