Moon & Pleiades

A beautiful sight in a clear twilight sky...

Some pictures of the Moon passing below the Pleiades on the 11th April
2005.

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/temp/M45%2Bmoon.html

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Pete
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The stars are bloody backwards!



"Pete Lawrence" wrote in message
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A beautiful sight in a clear twilight sky...

Some pictures of the Moon passing below the Pleiades on the 11th April
2005.

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/temp/M45%2Bmoon.html

--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk
Global Projects - http://www.globalobservers.net

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:31:29 GMT, "Mark F." wrote:

The stars are bloody backwards!

Nope, you've lost me!
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"Pete Lawrence" wrote in message
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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:31:29 GMT, "Mark F." wrote:

The stars are bloody backwards!

Nope, you've lost me!
--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk
Global Projects - http://www.globalobservers.net

No no!
He's right!

The moon should be *above* Subaru, the whole thing is upside-down, and the
earth was in the way when this shot was taken, anyways!

Nice shot, though.
1/4 sec, f/8, 400ASA?

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Jeff R.
(Antipodes-centred)

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:19:41 +1000, "Jeff R"
wrote:


"Pete Lawrence" wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:31:29 GMT, "Mark F." wrote:

The stars are bloody backwards!

Nope, you've lost me!
--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk
Global Projects - http://www.globalobservers.net

No no!
He's right!

The moon should be *above* Subaru, the whole thing is upside-down, and the
earth was in the way when this shot was taken, anyways!

Nice shot, though.
1/4 sec, f/8, 400ASA?

Ahhh - upside down I can understand ;-) Backwards, can only happen in
a mirrored Universe.

Top image: 30s f/8.0, ISO 800, 200mm lens on a Canon 10D.

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Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk
Global Projects - http://www.globalobservers.net

Nice pictures. I was out yesterday observing the same scene, too,
though with an Astroscan.

I happened to set up where the Moon was visible between the branches of
an evergreen and the Pleiades partly obscured. I snapped a few digicam
pics, but couldn't achieve a picture to match the view through the scope!

The maria on the dark side of the Moon were distinctly visible, like
figures in the shadows; the string of craters with central peaks on the
illuminated side were crisply bright and shiny. The Pleiades were
sparkling in the distant background; the black silhouette of the needles
eerily framed the scene.

I was struck by just how amazing the human eye is... we can capture
variations in coloring, brightness, and even depth at a single glance.

Larry Stedman
Vestal

In article ,
"Jeff R" wrote:
"Pete Lawrence" wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:31:29 GMT, "Mark F." wrote:

The stars are bloody backwards!

Nope, you've lost me!
--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk
Global Projects - http://www.globalobservers.net

No no!
He's right!

The moon should be *above* Subaru, the whole thing is upside-down, and the
earth was in the way when this shot was taken, anyways!

Nice shot, though.
1/4 sec, f/8, 400ASA?

If I set Voyager III for Selsey, UK (0d46mW 50d44mN) at 8:00 PM Standard
Time on 11 Apr 2005, I get a view matching the picture almost exactly.
The EXIF data from the image gives 29 sec, f/8, ISO 800, 200mm.

Since the EXIF data specifies 8:00 PM, either Selsey doesn't observe
Daylight Savings or Pete did not set his camera to Daylight Savings.

Rob Johnson
take out the trash before replying

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 08:27:26 GMT, (Rob Johnson)
wrote:

If I set Voyager III for Selsey, UK (0d46mW 50d44mN) at 8:00 PM Standard
Time on 11 Apr 2005, I get a view matching the picture almost exactly.
The EXIF data from the image gives 29 sec, f/8, ISO 800, 200mm.

Are you checking up on me ;-)

Interestingly the EXIF for my Canon always shows the exposure time -1
second when using my programmable remote control. It was set to 30s,
but shows up as 29s.

Since the EXIF data specifies 8:00 PM, either Selsey doesn't observe
Daylight Savings or Pete did not set his camera to Daylight Savings.

I leave the camera on GMT all of the time. Avoids me having to think!

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Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk
Global Projects - http://www.globalobservers.net

In article ,
Pete Lawrence wrote:
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 08:27:26 GMT, (Rob Johnson)
wrote:

If I set Voyager III for Selsey, UK (0d46mW 50d44mN) at 8:00 PM Standard
Time on 11 Apr 2005, I get a view matching the picture almost exactly.
The EXIF data from the image gives 29 sec, f/8, ISO 800, 200mm.

Are you checking up on me ;-)

Not at all. I was just responding to others' apparent confusion that
the moon was on the wrong side of the Pleiades. Later that same day,
in the US, the moon was on the other side, but not when you took that
shot from the UK.

Interestingly the EXIF for my Canon always shows the exposure time -1
second when using my programmable remote control. It was set to 30s,
but shows up as 29s.

Since the EXIF data specifies 8:00 PM, either Selsey doesn't observe
Daylight Savings or Pete did not set his camera to Daylight Savings.

I leave the camera on GMT all of the time. Avoids me having to think!

I also leave my camera set to standard time, for much the same reason.

Rob Johnson
take out the trash before replying

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 12:06:34 GMT, (Rob Johnson)
wrote:

Are you checking up on me ;-)

Not at all. I was just responding to others' apparent confusion that
the moon was on the wrong side of the Pleiades. Later that same day,
in the US, the moon was on the other side, but not when you took that
shot from the UK.

I was only joking rob. Actually, you've probably answered the
question as to why the first respondant made that comment about the
stars being backwards. I was really struggling to understand what he
meant - now I know. Doh!


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Pete
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