Seven Sisters over the Black Hills of South Dakota - M43 Pleiades in Lum (SoDakAstronomyNut)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Taurus (Tau) · Contains: 16 Tau · 17 Tau · 18 Tau · 19 Tau) · 19 q Tau · 20 Tau · 21 Tau · 22 Tau · 23 Tau · 24 Tau · 25 Tau) · 25 eta Tau · 26 Tau · 27 Tau · 28 Tau · Alcyone · Asterope · Atlas · Barnard's Merope Nebula · Celaeno · Electra · HD23156 · HD23194 · HD23246 · HD23247 · HD23325 · HD23351 · HD23361 · HD23375 · HD23386 · And 53 more.

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Seven Sisters over the Black Hills of South Dakota - M43 Pleiades in Lum

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Seven Sisters over the Black Hills of South Dakota - M43 Pleiades in Lum

"Third light" with new AP rig - my first refractor, a beautifully made Askar 130PHQ on a new CEM70G. I am VERY happy with the capability this new setup brings. Prior to this I tried to capture M43 on my EdgeHD 8 with a reducer but could never quite seem to capture the milky structure and detail enveloping the Pleiades. Steady 0.6 to 0.8 Total RMS guiding along with a very good focuser, a ZWO EAF mounted on the Askar 130PHQ's 3.4" focuser made this image possible. Can't wait to finish the RGB on the next dark night - this was the best I could do on this night due to the target dipping behind my house's roof. :/

Processing: WBPP with auto crop, ABE, EZDenoise, BXT, EZSoftStretch, Save as TIF, Photoshop very slight Levels with auto Contrast, export as PNG as full size.

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RA (center)	03h46m26s.157
RA (top/left)	03h49m56s.630
RA (top/right)	03h45m27s.281
RA (bottom/right)	03h42m55s.835
RA (bottom/left)	03h47m24s.748

Dec (center)	+24°12′02″.36
Dec (top/left)	+24°06′29″.34
Dec (top/right)	+24°58′22″.62
Dec (bottom/right)	+24°17′12″.92
Dec (bottom/left)	+23°25′36″.58

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