Moon and Pleiades

On this evening, the crescent Moon appeared only about a degree away from the Pleiades star cluster, also known as M45 or the "Seven Sisters."

Date: April 11, 2005
Time: 7:37 p.m. MST
Location: Suburban Phoenix, Arizona
Camera: Olympus OM-1 35mm SLR on fixed tripod
Film: Fuji Provia 100F slide
Focal length: 200 mm
Aperture: f/4
Exposure time: 3 seconds
Scanned with Nikon Coolscan LS-2000 (cropped slightly)