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, bruciesheroes
M45
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M45

M45, bruciesheroes
M45
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M45

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10 hrs of data taken with Skywatcher Esprit 100 and a Nikon D800. I was hoping to get out even more dust surrounding M45, but i guess i might have to add a couple of hours.

I boosted the star colors using luminosity masks in photoshop, but this leads to artefacts. I guess there is a more elegant, approach using Pixinsight and Starmasks.

Rev. B: Changed Blackpoint and shift tint slightly towards red.

Rev. C: Changed the color balance and went easier on stretching the histogram

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    Original
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    B
  • Final
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    C

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M45, bruciesheroes