Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Maia nebula  ·  Merope nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  The star 18Tau  ·  The star Atlas (27Tau)  ·  The star Celaeno (16Tau)  ·  The star Electra (17Tau)  ·  The star Merope (23Tau)  ·  The star Pleione (28Tau)  ·  The star Sterope I (21Tau)  ·  The star Taygeta (19Tau)  ·  The star ηTau
M45 - The Pleiades, Jeff Tropeano
M45 - The Pleiades
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M45 - The Pleiades, Jeff Tropeano
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M45 - The Pleiades +

M45 - THE PLEIADES

This is the final image of M45, stretched and processed from a stack of 192 frames.

I shot M45 on December 23, 2014 while waiting for Comet Lovejoy to rise, which was my real target for the evening.

Captured with a TeleVue-76 on an Atlas EQ-G (tracked, not guided), and a Canon 60-D DSLR. 182 Subs, 31 Darks 42 @ 13 seconds, ISO 3200. 105 @ 15 seconds, ISO 1600. 35 @ 20 seconds, ISO 3200

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M45 - The Pleiades, Jeff Tropeano