This is the waxing gibbous Moon ( days old) near reddish Mars (above the Moon), and with reddish Aldebaran and the Hyades star cluster below. All
This is the waxing gibbous Moon ( days old) near reddish Mars (above the Moon), and with reddish Aldebaran and the Hyades star cluster below. All are set in a swirl of clouds, looking like they are in an interstellar nebula. Diffraction from ice crystals in the clouds adds the colourful corona around the Moon. This was the Moon-Mars conjunction of January 3, 2023. Mars was then about a month past opposition. This is a blend of 8 exposures, from 8 seconds to 1/500th second, to compress the high dynamic range in brightness and recreate the view more as the eye saw it. Exposures blended with luminosity masks created with Lumenzia. All frames were with the Canon RF100-400mm lens at 100mm and , and on the Canon R5 at ISO 400. The camera was on a tracking mount to prevent the stars from trailing. Diffraction spikes added for artistic effect with AstronomyTools Actions. A mild Orton Glow added with Nik Collection/Color EFX.
Size: 8192px × 5464px
Photo credit: © Alan Dyer / VWPics / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 11-day, 3, 2023, aldebaran, amazing, astro, astronomical, astronomy, astronomytools, astrophotography, atmospheric, blend, clouds, cluster, collection, conjunction, corona, cosmos, exposure, gibbous, glamour, glow, halo, hdr, hyades, january, lumenzia, lunar, mars, moon, moonlight, nebulous, nik, planet, red, rf100-400mm, science, skies, sky, star, taurus, telephoto, unique, waxing
