Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  IC 341  ·  IC 349  ·  IC 353  ·  IC 354  ·  Maia Nebula  ·  Merope Nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  The star 18Tau  ·  The star 32Tau  ·  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 7 PANEL WIDEFIELD WITH RASA 8., Olly Penrice
M45 7 PANEL WIDEFIELD WITH RASA 8.
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M45 7 PANEL WIDEFIELD WITH RASA 8.

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M45 7 PANEL WIDEFIELD WITH RASA 8., Olly Penrice
M45 7 PANEL WIDEFIELD WITH RASA 8.
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M45 7 PANEL WIDEFIELD WITH RASA 8.

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Imaged with Paul Kummer who did the capture with a robotic RASA 8/ASI2600 OSC/Avalon Linear based in our robotic shed at Les Granges, SE France. Paul also did the DBE on all panels. Mosaic assembly and post processing in this version are mine. It's basically a six panel with an extra panel shot with the main cluster in the middle to aid with calibration of the other panels, which was tricky this time. Nearly three hours per panel
Stacked in AstroArt 6.0, DBE and SCNR in Pixinsight, construction in Registar, processed in Photoshop CS3.

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M45 7 PANEL WIDEFIELD WITH RASA 8., Olly Penrice