Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  IC 349  ·  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
Pleiades on 01/08/2022, Joe Sadony
Pleiades on 01/08/2022
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Pleiades on 01/08/2022

Pleiades on 01/08/2022, Joe Sadony
Pleiades on 01/08/2022
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Pleiades on 01/08/2022

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It's been way too long since I've had cooperative weather. I got itchy with the downtime and bought a new camera. From AliExpress a RisingCam IMX571. The actual model number is 20 characters long and quite meaningless. So I call it after the sensor designation. This is the camera's first light. About 3.5 hours on this target. I chose Pleiades because there was a haze drifting in and out. I needed something high and bright. I ended up with 40 usable of 50 frames. Not too bad.

Orion EON 115
RisingCam IMX571 OSC (APS-C sensor)
Solomark 2" IR-Cut filter
Orion Flattener For Small Refractors
SW EQ6r Pro
ZWO EAF
50 @ 300s T -10c Gain 101 Offset 50
30 flats, 30 darkflats
NINA, PHD2, PixInsight

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Pleiades on 01/08/2022, Joe Sadony