Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  11 Tau  ·  11.94  ·  12.62  ·  12.84  ·  13 Tau  ·  13.10  ·  13.30  ·  13.43  ·  14 Tau  ·  16 Tau  ·  17 Tau  ·  18 Tau  ·  21 Tau  ·  211 Isolda  ·  22 Tau  ·  24 Tau  ·  26 Tau  ·  27 Tau  ·  28 Tau  ·  32 Tau  ·  33 Tau  ·  335 Roberta  ·  35 lam Tau  ·  36 Tau  ·  37 A01 Tau  ·  377 Campania  ·  39 A02 Tau  ·  4 s Tau  ·  405 Thia  ·  43 Tau  ·  And 109 more.
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Waxing Gibbous Moon-Pleiades-Aldebaran, Kurt Zeppetello
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Waxing Gibbous Moon-Pleiades-Aldebaran

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Thought this would be an interesting image - the waxing gibbous moon, Pleiades, and the orange giant Aldebaran. They were in this arrangement Thursday 12/29. Fortunately I did not have to be outside for very long since it was so cold. To get this shot I did a 2-second exposure for Pleiades and Aldebaran but the moon was overexposed so I took another 1/4000-second exposure to get the detailed moon. Lens - 50mm f/1.8 (nifty fifty)

Last night, however, I could not stand wasting another clear night so I went out and took some Ha-exposures of the Horsehead Nebula when it was -15 C. Not sure how it will turn out as the exposures were more red than I have seen. I know it is narrow band but the moon was really bright. On the plus side I did see the Horsehead and Flame...

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