The Pleiades and the Moon

Exposure time: 8 seconds Film: Kodak Ektachrome 200 Lens/telescope: Mamiya Sekor-C 210 mm f/4 at f/5.6 Camera: Mamiya M645 Mount: Losmandy GM-8 Guidescope: INTES 150 mm (6") MK-67 at f/12 Location: Sourbrodt, Belgium Date: April 18, 2005

My wife and I stayed for a week at a cabin on the "Rue du Coin du Bois". Near the forest was a large car park with a clear view of the southern horizon simply perfect for astronomy. When the moon set, it was so dark that I mistook NGC 3077 for M81! Coincidently, the car park turns out to be a popular gathering place for Dutch and Belgium amateur astronomers.

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