New moon occults Pleiades in twilight

[cookie8]

Weather cooperated and so happy to be able to image this rare conjunction. The sky was still bright towards to west, not much of a time window to image.
Canon 1000D & Orion ED80 prime focus. ISO400 8sec.ICNR:D

[Dennis]

Excellent captures Vincent – they have come out remarkably well given the brightness disparity, twilight and low altitude.

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy]

nice work - you must have captured that just after i lost sight of it - excellent result

[mithrandir]

Nice work Vincent. By the time the sky got dark enough at home to see the Pleaides everything was vanishing behind the neighbour's trees.

[StephenM]

Very nice Vincent! I like the cloud bands across the image as well. Interesting to see the difference between your view and ours in Brisbane - Pleione was behind the Moon for us, and Atlas (almost?) underwent a grazing occultation.

Cheers,
Stephen

[Liz]

Well done Vincent, they look great!!:thumbsup:

[mikemasey]

Hey cookie8, great image. To cloudy here last night but might be better tonight.

[cookie8]

Thanks guys & girl
Yes I like the clouds(for a change). It kind of enhance the image I reckon.

[iceman]

Beautiful work Vincent, nice images!

[M54]

WOW!
:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: