Fig.31a - The planet Mars meets the open star cluster "Plejades" (Messier 45) during blue hour on March 1, 2021.
Photographed with a Nikon Z6 and a Z 70-200mm f/2.8 S lens at 200 mm on an iOptron Skyguider Pro tracking
mount. Four images with 30 s exposure time each at f/2.8 and ISO 400 were combined for this image.
Fig.31b - Mars and the Plejades on March 1, 2021. Photographed with a Nikon Z6 and a Z 70-200mm
f/2.8 S lens at 200 mm on an iOptron Skyguider Pro tracking mount. Twenty-eight images with 30 s
exposure time each at f/2.8 and ISO 1600 were combined for this image. A satellite crossed the
field of view.
Fig.31c - Mars and the Plejades during blue hour on March 2, 2021. Photographed with a Nikon Z6
and a Z 70-200mm f/2.8 S lens at 200 mm on an iOptron Skyguider Pro tracking mount. Twenty-one
images with 20 s exposure time each at f/4 and ISO 1600 were combined for this image.
Fig.31d - Mars and the Plejades on March 2, 2021. A thin layer of clouds also joined the party.
Photographed with a Nikon Z6 and a Z 70-200mm f/2.8 S lens at 200 mm on an iOptron Skyguider Pro tracking
mount. Twenty-five images with 20 s exposure time each at f/4 and ISO 1600 were combined for this image.
