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M45 Pleiades

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M45 Pleiades

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M45 only rises to 28.3 degrees from my southern hemisphere location. A hard target to capture for me but one I have wanted to do for years.
Two images here one cropped and one widefield. I enjoy looking at the widefield to see all the hidden galaxies amongst the stars.

Data taken over about 6 nights initially early October then late October early November, dodging the moon and clouds.

Revision B is wide field

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C

Description: Backed off on saturation, sharpening, made brighter

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M45 Pleiades, Matt Hughes