Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  16 Tau  ·  17 Tau  ·  18 Tau  ·  19 q Tau  ·  20 Tau  ·  21 Tau  ·  22 Tau  ·  23 Tau  ·  24 Tau  ·  25 eta Tau  ·  26 Tau  ·  27 Tau  ·  28 Tau  ·  Alcyone  ·  Asterope  ·  Atlas  ·  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  Celaeno  ·  Electra  ·  IC 349  ·  LBN 770  ·  LBN 771  ·  LBN 772  ·  M 45  ·  Maia  ·  Maia Nebula  ·  Merope  ·  Merope Nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  And 12 more.
M45, the Pleiades Open Cluster, Doug Lucas
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M45, the Pleiades Open Cluster

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
M45, the Pleiades Open Cluster, Doug Lucas
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M45, the Pleiades Open Cluster

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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On a night with 89% moonlight. 270 seconds total (9 subs, 30 seconds each), RASA 11, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro with the Celestron Light Pollution filter, zero post-processing (flipped image and cropped to show the traditional M45 view). First image after tuning for sensor tilt using an Octopi-Astro camera interface.

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M45, the Pleiades Open Cluster, Doug Lucas