Re: Moon & Pleiades

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
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