Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  IC 349  ·  Maia Nebula  ·  Merope Nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  The star 18Tau  ·  The star Atlas (27Tau)  ·  The star Celaeno (16Tau)  ·  The star Electra (17Tau)  ·  The star Merope (23Tau)  ·  The star Pleione (28Tau)  ·  The star Sterope I (21Tau)  ·  The star Taygeta (19Tau)  ·  The star ηTau
Pleiades at 420mm, Derek Dailey
Pleiades at 420mm
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Pleiades at 420mm

Pleiades at 420mm, Derek Dailey
Pleiades at 420mm
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Pleiades at 420mm

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The Pleiades Star Cluster (Messier 45) I took on November 7th from my backyard.
Pleiades is really cool because there's a lot of interstellar dust in the area that can be seen in this image. The blue hue is actually a reflection given off by the massive blue stars in the the cluster. Blue stars are of the hottest stars and are at least 3 times the size of our sun!
Nerdy details:
Acquisition: Bortle 8 Zone
ASTRO-TECH AT65EDQ 65MM F/6.5 ED QUADRUPLET
420mm f/6.5
ZWO ASI533MC Pro Camera
Gain 240, Offset 70, -10C
ZWO ASI120MC Guide camera
Optolong L-Pro Filter
Losmandy GM8 mount
Stellarmate INDI Controller
97 x 180 sec. Light frames. (4 hours 51 Minutes)
Calibration frames: 25 each darks, flats and dark flats
Astro Pixel Processor for stacking and processing
Post finishing in Photoshop

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Pleiades at 420mm, Derek Dailey