Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Extremely wide field
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The Head of Taurus - Aldebaran, Emanuel Koeppel
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The Head of Taurus - Aldebaran

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The Head of Taurus - Aldebaran, Emanuel Koeppel
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The Head of Taurus - Aldebaran

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Description

Last night i had a second target [first target "The Gemini foot - M35, NGC2174, IC443"], the constellation of Taurus
Prominent star of Taurus is Aldebaran, one of the bulls eye.
In the Bull's head is the Hyades star cluster located.

Used equipment, light and mobile:
Manfrotto Tripod
SkyGuider Pro
Samyang 135mm f/2
Canon EOS 6Da
Remote shutter Phottix Aion

Setting:
ISO800, f/4

Backyard observatory:
SQM 20.81 mag./arc sec2, Bortle class 4,
Source: lightpollutionmap.info, World Atlas 2015

Image acquisition:
50 x 30 sec rbg lights
10 x 30 sec darks
10 x 1/4000 sec bias
10 x 1/400 sec flats

Stacked and edited with:
Astro Pixel Processor
Lightroom classic

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The Head of Taurus - Aldebaran, Emanuel Koeppel