The Moon and the Pleiades (M45)

[iceman]

This image was taken at 7:30pm on the 17th April, when the Moon had a close grazing occultation of the Pleiades Star Cluster (M45).

It was captured at the Mudgee Star Party (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/tag/mudgee-star-party), using my ED80, modded Canon 40D with WO 0.8x reducer. FL 480mm, f/6, ISO 320, 5 second exposure.

Processed in Photoshop CS4.

Larger version on my blog (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/2010/05/04/the-moon-and-the-pleiades-m45).

Thanks for looking.

[h0ughy]

nice shot Mike - well framed.

[kustard]

Very Nice :)

[bird]

Very nice Mike. I had a chat with Gary on the phone this morning and he mentioned catching up with you at the star party. Sounds like the seeing was pretty good.

cheers, Bird

[Liz]

Really lovely Mike, :thumbsup: .... would have liked to have had a go at that, but we are still inundated with cloud. :sadeyes:

[Clayton]

Very nice

[iceman]

Thanks guys.
Anthony - yeh it was nice meeting Gary.
He mentioned he gets a lot of requests now for "I want what Anthony's got" :)

[RB]

What a terrific shot this is !!
Pin sharp with gorgeous earthshine, this image is very well captured.
Typical work from Mike.

Onya mate !

[StephenM]

Great shot Mike! Well done.

Cheers,
Stephen

[iceman]

Thanks RB and Stephen. Some widefield shots coming soon I hope!