M45_IC353_IC1995 (Stephen Duffy)

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M45_IC353_IC1995

M45 (Pleiades) is a well known asterism and star cluster in the constellation Taurus. It is relatively close to Earth at 444 light years. It is dominated by young, hot blue stars making it easily visible to the naked eye from most places on earth. Images of this region normally center on the cluster itself, but since the region is populated with other fainter nebulae, I decided to go for a widefield view to try to capture IC 353 and IC 1995 in the same view. As you can see from the result, these two nebulae are...how you say...inconsequential. I am surprised they have their own catalog numbers. Because my camera is old, I had to collect a lot of data to even show them at all. But the Pleiades themselves turned out OK, and this image can serve as a reference to others not to reenact my experiment.

Taken from the Sonoran desert South of Quartzite AZ, November 2022
Scope: William Optics Redcat 51
Mount: Paramount MYT
Camera: QSI 683

L:R:G:B == 14h:4h:4h:4h
Processed in PixInsight with retouching in Photoshop.
Cropped and reposted Dec 2022

Steve Duffy

Sacramento Valley Astronomical Society

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