The Moon and the Pleiades (M45)

iceman (Mike) · #1 04-05-2010, 06:58 AM

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, 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.

Thanks for looking.

h0ughy (David) · #2 04-05-2010, 07:41 AM

nice shot Mike - well framed.

kustard (Simon) · #3 04-05-2010, 08:55 AM

Very Nice

bird (Anthony Wesley) · #4 04-05-2010, 09:39 AM

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 · #5 04-05-2010, 12:29 PM

Really lovely Mike,

.... would have liked to have had a go at that, but we are still inundated with cloud.

Clayton · #6 05-05-2010, 05:58 AM

Very nice

iceman (Mike) · #7 05-05-2010, 06:23 AM

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 (Andrew) · #8 05-05-2010, 08:59 AM

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

Onya mate !

StephenM (Stephen) · #9 05-05-2010, 04:38 PM

Great shot Mike! Well done.

Cheers,
Stephen

iceman (Mike) · #10 05-05-2010, 04:48 PM

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