Mars between the Hyades and Pleaides

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Quick snap from last night, a few 30 second exposures with the 135mm Samyang stitched together in ICE.

Also had a quick go at shooting Auriga and its star clusters, but need to shoot another pane next time.

[Waddensky]

Wonderful, thanks for sharing! In a few days, the Moon joins the party. Not sure if that's easy to photograph, but a lovely sight visually.

[Knight of Clear Skies]

6 hours ago, Waddensky said:

Wonderful, thanks for sharing! In a few days, the Moon joins the party. Not sure if that's easy to photograph, but a lovely sight visually.

Thanks. Yes, the moon is about 2 degrees from Mars on the 19th I think. Think the only way to capture everything together would be to composite a few different exposures together.

Edited March 17, 2021 by Knight of Clear Skies

[Sunshine]

wonderful image!

[skyhog]

Thats a nice image.  Its interesting just how similar Mars and  Aldebaran actually appear at the moment in the sky, that really does show that.

[Knight of Clear Skies]

On 17/03/2021 at 20:08, skyhog said:

Thats a nice image.  Its interesting just how similar Mars and  Aldebaran actually appear at the moment in the sky, that really does show that.

Yes, the colours are very similar, although for very different reasons. I recently learned that the red iron oxide dust that gives Mar's its red hue is only millimetres thick.

[Waddensky]

On 17/03/2021 at 21:08, skyhog said:

Thats a nice image.  Its interesting just how similar Mars and  Aldebaran actually appear at the moment in the sky, that really does show that.

Although similar in colour and apparent brightness, I calculated that Aldebaran is currently 2.5 million times more distant than Mars! 🤔

[Knight of Clear Skies]

17 minutes ago, Waddensky said:

Although similar in colour and apparent brightness, I calculated that Aldebaran is currently 2.5 million times more distant than Mars! 🤔

Probably fewer robots crawling over it too. 😉