Showing posts with label Pleiades. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pleiades. Show all posts

Monday, April 2, 2012

Venus in the Pleiades

Tonight and tomorrow night Venus will be passing through the Pleiades star cluster (also known as Messier 45 or M45) as seen from Earth. the planet isn't really passing "through" the cluster but just positionally appears to be passing the cluster as seen from our planet. A 400mm lens and a full frame digital camera were used to image the conjunction.



Below is an image shot through a Celestron C5 with a 0.63X focal reducer using a Canon EOS 1D Mark IV. Note the peculiar internal reflections. Sigh.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Seven Sisters in HDR

The Pleiades - Messier 45 - through Takahashi E160 | Canon EOS 5D II | 140 minutes.