Pleiades M45, David Snell

Pleiades M45

Pleiades M45, David Snell

Pleiades M45

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

Taken on 11 October 2021 I was concerned that this wouldn’t work out too well due to persistent high cloud and a Bortle 8 site in London.
Using a SharpStar Astrograph and a ZWO ASI 2600MC Pro total integration time was 5 hours 28 mins with 2 minute subs, integration proved better than I was expecting.
EQ 6 R Pro mount,  ZWO 280mm guidescope and ASI 174MM guide camera, ASIAIR controlled. Guiding at around 0.76”.
Integrated in AstroPixelProcessor and image processed in Pixinsight.
I had to crop the image quite significantly due to vignetting and other background issues that couldn’t be eliminated through DBE.
Best sub
fwhm 2.75
SNR 3.134

Comments

Histogram

Pleiades M45, David Snell