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Messier 45: The Pleiades

After a failed initial attempt at photographing the Pleiades back in November 2020, I decided it was more than overdue for another attempt using the latest techniques I have learnt between back then and now.

This was shot over 3 nights in February this year. Comparing this result to my first attempt, I am much happier with this image. I love how I have managed to bring out the background IFN despite a total integration time of just over 2 hours, plus the Pleiades was setting towards a light dome in the north and on one night I was shooting through lots of clouds.

Now that the Winter targets are finished for a few months, I am now starting to gear up for imaging the Summer targets very soon. The first one on my list is the Andromeda Galaxy, which I haven't imaged for 2 years. After that, I am not sure what to photograph yet, but I am thinking about imaging some other galaxies such as the Sculptor Galaxy or Triangulum Galaxy.

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M45, Zak Jones

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