8 Apr 1997
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Photographer Aaron Imaoka
Optics Used
Camera Used
Settings / Equipment 35 mm lens @ f/2.8, stationary mount (non-driven/guided); 40 sec exp. on Fuji Provia slide film, pushed to 1600.
Location Near Wrightwood, CA; 9 April 1997, ~ 01:45 UT.
Date / Time April 9, 1997 12:00 am
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Additional Information Other Information - Taken during bright twilight. Wide-angle field includes Comet Hale-Bopp, Perseus, Double Cluster, Pleiades, Hyades, and a young moon. The moon appears full due to earthshine; the 40-hour old crescent shows up as a swelling in its lower right side. Mercury was also in the field of view of this image, but it had already set behind the large tree left of bottom center.