Observation by Simon Dawes: Mars and The Pleiades

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Simon Dawes

Observer

Simon Dawes

Observed

2019 Apr 04 - 19:08

Uploaded

2019 Apr 22 - 17:13

Objects

The Pleiades (M45)
Mars
Conjunction

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Constellation

Taurus

Field centre

RA: 03^h54^m
Dec: +22°59'
Position angle: +28°43'

Field size

6°41' × 4°28'

Equipment

18-200mm Sigma Lens set at 200mm
Canon EOS 600D (Full Spectrum Mod)
CLSCCD clip-in filter
iOptron Star Tracker

Exposure

13x 30s Exposures

Location

Kellingheath England

Target name

Mars and The Pleiades

Title

Mars and The Pleiades

About this image

Mars in conjunction with the Pleiades (M45) taken at Kelling Heath Spring Star Party. This object was very low so the raw images suffered from gradients from the 'claggy' atmosphere at low elevations and from the tops of the trees encroaching in the image as streaks of dark blurs. These were fixed using Astro Pixel Processor (a trial version but based on this I will be buying it as it is significantly better (but slower and more complicated) than the free Deep Sky Stacker.

Files associated with this observation

Mars_Pleiades_2019-04-04.jpg (749.3 kB)

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Jeremy Shears, Andy Wilson, Ray Emery, Andrew Dumbleton, Honor Wheeler, Peter Carson, Martin Crow, Simon Dawes

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