Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  IC 349  ·  IC 353  ·  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 - the Pleiades, Tom Gray
M45 - the Pleiades
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M45 - the Pleiades

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Almost a duplication of my last, but this time 21m exposure as 15s sub-frames through a 70mm Pentax zoom lens. I think there is more detail, and the nebulosity much more obvious, despite imperfect focus.

The image is less noisy, and resolution is limited, but I think shorter exposures may be a better way of driving up the signal:noise ratio in these wider field bright images through camera lenses. I'll have to experiment more next winter...

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