Intermittent Cloud

 

The Crescent Moon between Orion and the Pleiades - fixed tripod mounted Canon 600D DSLR at f=18mm and ISO800

The Crescent Moon with earthshine on display close to the Hyades star cluster.- fixed tripod mounted Canon 600D DSLR at f=90mm and ISO800 

" Here at the Jodrell Plank Observatory, the 19th of March started well. Lots of blue sky and sunshine but as night fell up popped the clouds. Not good enough for astro-imaging but more than good enough to provide some beautiful views of the waxing Moon and the winter constellations setting in the west. Pip Stakkert managed to capture the above images between the clouds." - Kurt Thrust current Director of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.