Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Maia nebula  ·  Merope nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  The star Celaeno (16Tau)  ·  The star Electra (17Tau)  ·  The star Merope (23Tau)  ·  The star Sterope I (21Tau)  ·  The star Taygeta (19Tau)  ·  The star ηTau
M45, Michael
M45
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M45

M45, Michael
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M45

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An unguided, unaligned, roughly polar aligned image of M45 through an SCT. Due to that I was limited to 30 seconds with a stock DSLR. No filters were used here.

I bought a used AVX online and the dec motor decides to go crazy whenever it is slewed, so I definitely need a new mount because I can't even star align because of that. Lesson learned I suppose.

I'm mainly posting this because I want people to see that you can get respectable images no matter what equipment, or other drawbacks, you may have. Take pride in your equipment and enjoy the hobby. Clear skies.

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M45, Michael