Capturing the Pleiades
Astrophotography by Andy Weeks

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Pleiades and the Hyades



Picture Data

  • Lens: 50mm Lens
  • F/ratio: f/2
  • Exposure: 15 Seconds 
  • Film: Fuji Superia 400 Speed film
  • Filter: None
  • Date: December 8, 2002
  • Location: Saint Charles, Illinois - USA
  • Temp: 35o F
  • Dew: 8
  • Transparency: 4
  • Seeing: 5
  • Notes: 15 Second Exposure on a tripod. Light pollution was terrible that night

    M45 or the Pleiades is near the top and next to the bright star Aldebaran is the Hyades cluster.