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 Pliades, Andy Thomson
M45 Pliades
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M45 Pliades

M45 Pliades, Andy Thomson
M45 Pliades
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M45 Pliades

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M45 - Pliades. First light with my ASI294MC Pro camera.

Captured at 3 degrees Celsius (forgot to switch on cooling). Camera gain set to 270. SharpCap used to polar align and capture (live stacking) only. Photoshop used to combine R, G and B planes from .FITS file, crop, levels, set black point and stretch.

No dark, flat or bias files captured.

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M45 Pliades, Andy Thomson