Mars and M45 (the Pleiades), 2006/2/25

Posted by DaveMitsky
on Thursday, April 16, 2009

by Dave Mitsky

I took this photo of Mars and the bright open cluster M45, better known as the Pleiades, at the ASH Naylor Observatory near Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, using a Canon EOS Digital Rebel DSLR and a Canon EF 80-200mm zoom lens set at maximum zoom.  Mars is the bright object in the upper left.

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