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Framing the Pleiades

The Pleiades were the last stars I photographed during the 2021 Lunar Eclipse. I framed this picture in context of my prior images and sketches.

At 2 a.m. I did not want to retool my equipment for the entire constellation, but decided a quick look towards Orion’s nebula wouldn’t hurt.

During this month’s Lunar Eclipse, I witnessed a bright and large meteor streak from approximately Zenith into the Southwest.

This Lunar Eclipse was very similar to January 2019’s, the most notable difference being that the red was nowhere near as vibrant as in ’19.

The string of consecutive pleasant-weather days and nights continued, though this late afternoon was tempting the streak.

Continuing the daily series this week of evening astrophotography sessions, tonight I focused completely on the Moon.

As promised, the Moon has appeared to creep closer to Venus.

This is a rare view of the Moon. Looking through my archives, the only time I photographed a similar phase was after the 2017 Solar Eclipse.

So I did what any amateur astrophotographer would do…I got out my iPhone, set it to “Pano” mode, and took the accompanying long picture.

See the first image in this post? You should notice two issues with it.