I shall now try to hold my head up in conversation with the brother in law who is Director at Armagh planetarium! :lol:
What gear did you use – is it special pro. equipment or just high end regular gear?
Ah interesting! Pass on my regards to Mark Bailey.
The image was taken with a Canon 300d and a Canon 100-400 L IS USM lens at 400mm. It is just a single exposure processed in PS CS3.
Here is another image taken at 100mm which shows the planet Mercury.