Planetary Peek-A-Boo

The bright planet Jupiter (center, lower) peeks out from behind trees in this west view from Bowman Woods Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa around 3:15 AM, Friday, November 18, 2011. At top center is the Pleiades star cluster. Jupiter was shining at a -2.86 magnitude. This was a 15 second exposure at f/4, 800 ISO and an 18 mm focal length.