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 the Pleiades, MMX
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M45 the Pleiades

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M45 the Pleiades

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The Pleiades shot in great conditions but bad preparation:

I spent the night in Monument Valley and waited for the moon to set by taking landscape shots. When finally came the time to shoot the object I had an awful time setting up my equipment. I could not activate the cooler of the cam as as soon as I would connect the power supply my laptop would reboot (I found out the following day about the pleasures of differential grounds on distinct USB ports...) so I did without cooling. I did the mistake of trying out the OAG without being able to focus the guider so I came back to the guide scope. All in all a lot of frustration so I did a very limited number of subs

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M45 the Pleiades, MMX