Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  19 Tau)  ·  25 Tau)  ·  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  IC 349  ·  Maia Nebula  ·  Merope Nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  Sterope I (21 Tau)  ·  The star 18 Tau  ·  The star Alcyone (η Tau  ·  The star Asterope  ·  The star Atlas (27 Tau)  ·  The star Celaeno (16 Tau)  ·  The star Electra (17 Tau)  ·  The star Merope (23 Tau)  ·  The star Pleione (28 Tau)  ·  The star Sterope II (22 Tau)  ·  The star Taygeta (q Tau
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M45 - Pleiades, Sully
M45 - Pleiades
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M45 - Pleiades

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M45 - Pleiades

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My second go at M45, first one was a quick test using the L-Enhance filter in bortle 7 which yielded poor results. Now with a simple UV/IR cut filter this is just under 2.5 hours of 120s subs in 2 nights, with a much better result in comparison.

This was hard to process due to the low amount of integration time in this light polluted sky and with this type of target. Also had some possible issues with my flats. The background extraction with PI was tricky, will need to learn a better technique or tool for it.

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M45 - Pleiades, Sully

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