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
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M45 in luminance, Josh Smith
M45 in luminance
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M45 in luminance

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Here is the other image I took Sunday night near Sanibel Island in Florida. It is a little over 2 hours worth of 6 minute subs with CLS-CCD filter and my QSI. I'm pretty surprised to have been able to get this much dust from a red zone. I did this one entirely in PI except for the reduce stars actions and local contrast enhancement was done in PS. I'm actually much happier with this than I thought I would be. I don't think it is up to my standards, but not one I'm embarrassed of either. As always, C&C's much appreciated and thanks for looking!

Version B shows some false color mapping using only the monochromatic data to introduce some of the blue dust contained in M45.

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M45 in luminance, Josh Smith