Moon & Pleiades March 12th

Looking good Keith. It is a shame that there is no trade off between exposing to get the Pleaides, and not overexposing the Moon. Still, I like what you've got here.

Seanie.

Some things are better left alone.

The so called "over exposure" is part of the effect.
And certainly,I would not crop it.

The moon seems to throw a "ghost-image" of itself onto the star cluster,probably caused by dusty optics.
But who cares?

Art is Art.

Excellent image Keith.

Thanks all

Funny you should post that, I was walking home from Tesco tonight with some beer and I looked up and said wow quite loud

Hope you enjoyed the beer as much as the view

It is a shame that there is no trade off between exposing to get the Pleaides, and not overexposing the Moon

That is just the way it is with these two. If the moon was thinner, it and the pleiades would be near the horizon, and the background sky would be very bright, it would be too easy to over expose the shot then

The moon seems to throw a "ghost-image" of itself onto the star cluster,probably caused by dusty optics.

Nah, it was just that the moon is quite bright, the lens is as clean as a whistle

Keith..

Top drawer again Keith.
Bola Bos!

Nah, it was just that the moon is quite bright, the lens is as clean as a whistle
Keith..

It's just a simple internal reflection, to be honest it's exceptionally good considering the moon brightness and exposure of the image, I've seen alot worse.