Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  California nebula  ·  IC 353  ·  IC 359  ·  IC 360  ·  Maia nebula  ·  Merope nebula  ·  NGC 1342  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  NGC 1499  ·  Part of the constellation Perseus (Per)  ·  The star 40Per  ·  The star Atik (ζPer)  ·  The star Atlas (27Tau)  ·  The star Electra (17Tau)  ·  The star Merope (23Tau)  ·  The star Pleione (28Tau)  ·  The star Taygeta (19Tau)  ·  The star ηTau  ·  The star ξPer  ·  The star οPer
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From Pleiades to the California Nebula, Dominique Callant
From Pleiades to the California Nebula
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From Pleiades to the California Nebula

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Taken on the SW star Adventurer with a Canon 1100d and a Sigma 70-200 mm f2.8 lens, take at ISO800 f3.5 and 70 mm 47 X 180 seconds each.

Finally a clear night after day of misty,cloudy weather. The clear wheather only lasted for some hours, but with the Star Advenurer set-up this is enough: it sets up in a few minutes, polar alignment, frame and focus can be done in some 15-20 minutes and then you can start taking pictures. Of course not the same as fully deepsky shots, but pretty satisfactory for such evenings.

Nice detail all 47 shots taken could be stacked, as tracking was excellent for this focal lenght

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From Pleiades to the California Nebula, Dominique Callant