Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  19 Tau)  ·  Maia Nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  The star Celaeno (16 Tau)  ·  The star Taygeta (q Tau
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Here's one I took way back in October last year , on a cold but misty evening, but only just got around to posting.

Although such a popular target, I'd never actually imaged M45, certainly not at 1250mm focal length. So it was to be that I spent a happy hour or so gathering some exposures of the 'Maia' Nebula in the Pleiades. After which the sky deteriorated to such an extent that I gave up in disgust.

Actually, I took 96 minutes of exposure ranging from 2min to 10min subs. The nebula was much fainter than I expected but that was probably more to do with the sky than anything. Quite a lot of processing was needed to bring it out but here it is.

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