Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  10 Hygiea  ·  10.54  ·  11 Tau  ·  16 Tau  ·  17 Tau  ·  18 Tau  ·  19 q Tau  ·  20 Tau  ·  21 Tau  ·  22 Tau  ·  23 Tau  ·  24 Tau  ·  25 eta Tau  ·  26 Tau  ·  27 Tau  ·  28 Tau  ·  Alcyone  ·  Asterope  ·  Atlas  ·  Celaeno  ·  Electra  ·  IC 349  ·  IC 353  ·  M 45  ·  Maia  ·  Maia nebula  ·  Merope  ·  Merope nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  And 12 more.
M45 - Pleiades HaLRGB, Dennis Sprinkle
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M45 - Pleiades HaLRGB

M45 - Pleiades HaLRGB, Dennis Sprinkle
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M45 - Pleiades HaLRGB

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Description

M45 - Pleiades shot with the new QHY600. I decided I wanted to see what some Ha would look like on this. I knew it was pretty faint so I did a lot. It didn't add a tremendous amount but I like the wispy red in the background on it.

Software used to capture image:

Sequence Generator Pro

PHD2

Software used to edit:

PixInsight

Photoshop

Total data gathered:

(61) Ha @ 1200secs - 1x1

(65) Lum @ 240secs - 1x1

(5) R @ 300secs - 1x1

(21) G @ 300secs - 1x1

(5) B @ 300secs - 1x1

Camera : QHY600 with Readout mode 0 and Gain set to 26

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4

Mount: AP Mach1GTO

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M45 - Pleiades HaLRGB, Dennis Sprinkle