Moon occults Aldebaran
Taken by Bill Metallinos on July 2, 2016 @
Corfu, Greece
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure Time: 5/1
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO: 800
Date Taken: 2016:07:02 07:27:14
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Moon occults Aldebaran
Minutes just before the Occultation the Waning Crescent Moon is approaching Aldebaran near the crater Pythagoras!
Canon eos 700D, Takahashi Toa 130 Apo, 1000mm, f/7.7, Astrotech Flattener, iso100
Astronomic Society of Corfu
Moon 26,95 days old
distance 365765km
Aldebaran distance 65 light years
05:03UT+3, 02 July 2016
Moon meets Aldebaran above the monastery of Vlacherna, Corfu
Just above the old monastery of Vlacherna, near Pontikonisi Corfu and a little before the Occultation, we can Moon and Aldebaran together with all the Hyades, the half-sisters to the Pleiades and the head of the constellation of Taurus, the bull.
Canon eos 5D mk2, ef 100-400 is usm, 160mm, iso800, 5sec
Photographer's website:
http://www.metallinos.net
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