The Moon and Pleiades May 02 2009 Astronomy.FM

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May 02 2009 The Moon and Pleiades

A Crescent Moon, just 45-hours-young, poses with the Pleiades star cluster in the constellation Taurus as the two follow the sun into the horizon. Though these two objects appear very close in the sky, there are many trillions-of-miles and many millions-of-years between them. Luna is about 4-billion-years-old and is located some 239,000 miles away. Pleiades is estimated at 100-million-years-young and is about 440-Light-Years distant. (Click Astronomy/My%20DSLR%20Images/MoonPlei1.jpg" target="offsite">here for full-sized image.)
Submitted by: Tavi	Location: Coastal NC, USA	Date: April 26 2009

2009-05-02 02:19:47 GMT Ricky Ford

Great shot Tavi.

2009-05-03 05:29:02 GMT Kochava

thanks for sharing, Tavi!

2009-05-04 22:02:48 GMT LizG

Beautiful Tavi!!!! - but how is it that the Moon is not overexposed?? Whenever I try something like that = no stars + overexposed Moon??

2009-05-04 22:12:09 GMT Tavi

Liz, I think the key might be time of night. I noticed that the darker it gets, the greater the chance for over-exposure with the moon. When I took this shot, Pleiades was not quite visible to the unaided eye. Most of my subsequent shots, as the sky grew darker, resulted in either an over-exposed moon or an under-exposed background and Pleiades.

2009-05-05 03:17:23 GMT LizG

thanks Tavi

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