Photographer:
Will Davis
Location of Photo:
Tucson, Arizona
Date/Time of photo:
04:00 UT, 03-28-2011
Equipment:
An Olympus C-750 UZ digital camera, on a Sunpak photo tripod, with a 2.3x super telephoto lens. Exposure time: 5 seconds, at f/2.8, ISO 50.
Description:
M45 ,(The Pleiades), star cluster in Taurus, on a windy night close to the horizon, setting about two hours later. M45 is one of the closest open clusters at a distance of about 400 light years, and also one of the brightest.
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