Venus and the Pleiades star cluster (with Venus pillar)
Taken by Will Gater on April 8, 2015 @
Somerset, UK
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Venus and the Pleiades looked magnificent sparkling in the west last night. I set up an equatorial tracking mount so I could capture a long exposure (to bring out the fainter stars in the cluster) and was pleased to see I also caught a faint 'Venus pillar' too.
Photographer's website:
http://www.willgaterastrophotography.com/
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