Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  54 Tau)  ·  54 gam Tau  ·  55 Tau  ·  57 h Tau  ·  58 Tau  ·  60 Tau  ·  61 Tau)  ·  61 del Tau  ·  63 Tau  ·  64 Tau  ·  68 Tau  ·  70 Tau  ·  71 Tau  ·  73 pi. Tau  ·  74 Tau)  ·  74 eps Tau  ·  75 Tau  ·  76 Tau  ·  77 Tau)  ·  77 the01 Tau  ·  78 Tau)  ·  78 the02 Tau  ·  80 Tau  ·  81 Tau  ·  84 Tau  ·  85 Tau  ·  86 Tau  ·  86 rho Tau  ·  87 Tau)  ·  87 alf Tau  ·  And 31 more.
Hyades, 



    
        

            Jan Scheers
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Hyades, 



    
        

            Jan Scheers
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Acquisition details

Dates:
Nov. 26, 2022
Frames:
36×300(3h)
Integration:
3h
Avg. Moon age:
2.87 days
Avg. Moon phase:
9.01%

RA center: 04h28m29s.30

DEC center: +16°5239.4

Pixel scale: 4.749 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -99.306 degrees

Field radius: 3.724 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

More info:Open 

Resolution: 3996x3990

File size: 4.1 MB

Locations: IC Astronomy Observatory, Oria, Almeria, Spain

Data source: Amateur hosting facility

Remote source: Telescope Live

Description

The Hyades cluster is the closest star cluster to Earth, at a distance of 153 light years. 

LRGB-image acquired with the Takahashi FSQ-106ED refractor and FLI PL16803 camera from Telescope Live in IC Astronomy Observatory in Spain.

Total integration time 180 minutes
LRGB: 9 sub-frames of 300s with each color filter
Dataset Telescope Live.

Processing with PixInsight (using AutoIntegrate script), Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and NoiseXTerminator plug-ins.

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Hyades, 



    
        

            Jan Scheers

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