M45 (Pleiades cluster), Daniele Malleo

M45 (Pleiades cluster)

M45 (Pleiades cluster), Daniele Malleo

M45 (Pleiades cluster)

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Description

6 x 10m subs in R, G, B

3 x 20m subs in L.

Captured on 2/1/2013 from Lake Sonoma roughly from 8pm to 12AM.

Clumsy framing, I know! I just realized I cut off two stars (Atlas and Pleione) on the top of the frame....

By the time I realized the error, the sky was clouding up, so I kept going.

Main Camera: QSI 583 WSG

Guide Camera: Orion Starshoot Autoguider (on OAG)

Mount: Astro-Physics Mach 1

Scope: Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 triplet APO

Image Aquisition software MaximDL

Registed, Calibrated and Stacked in MaximDL

Post Processed with Photoshop CS6

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M45 (Pleiades cluster), Daniele Malleo