Close encounter between the Moon and the Pleiades Cluster photo

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09-JAN-2006

Close encounter between the Moon and the Pleiades Cluster

The Pleiades star cluster is the dipper looking stars to the right of the moon.

In some parts of the country, the moon actually occulates or covers a part of the
Pleiades star cluster.

This is a composite of two pics. One pic of a the moon in detail and the second exposed to
show the Pleiades.

If anyone is interested in what up in the night sky, some of my favorite sites are :
http://stardate.org/
http://www.heavens-above.com
http://space.com/

Nikon D70 ,Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO Macro Super II
2s f/22.0 at 300.0mm on tripod. full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

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Guest		13-Jan-2006 19:08
Most excellent!

Pepe Zyman		12-Jan-2006 04:04
Very cool image!

Guest		11-Jan-2006 22:05
VERY well done Bryan... ciao Andrea

Focus		11-Jan-2006 17:53
Nice shots.......very well done. And thanks for the site info......I will look them up.

Tom Munson		11-Jan-2006 03:47
Cool shot.

Roe..		11-Jan-2006 03:31
difficult shot..well done

Chris Sofopoulos		10-Jan-2006 23:05
Very nice Bryan! You adore such shots:)

Jackdad		10-Jan-2006 22:27
thanks for the info Bryan - impressive work.

Guest		10-Jan-2006 21:32
Thanks for sharing that interesting info Brian. Nice shot. :)

Brian McAllister		10-Jan-2006 16:28
Excellent Bryan. Wonderfully presented and informative as well.

Guest		10-Jan-2006 16:10
Lovely and interesting composition, Bryan. Very clear shot .... excellent work!

Karen Stuebing		10-Jan-2006 10:46
Very nice nightsky shot. I like the composite of the dipper with the detail of the moon.

joanteno		10-Jan-2006 10:30
Cool composite. Thanks for the information!

QUERIDO		10-Jan-2006 06:56
excellent

Dawn		10-Jan-2006 06:55
Excellent shot Bryan, Crystalline.

Bill Ewart Jr		10-Jan-2006 05:23
nice work

Gary Hebert		10-Jan-2006 05:15
very creative Bryan... looking up... :)

Guest		10-Jan-2006 05:07
Nice job capturing, then blending these two images.

Gayle P. Clement		10-Jan-2006 04:53
This is really lovely.