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Pleiades

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First light with my Askar FRA 500 (including the 0,7 reducer) and ZWO ASI2600MC Duo camera.

As every astrophotographer knows, new equipment is always penalised with bad weather. But I didn't expect almost two months of rain and clouds.. Last night I managed to find a brief window of clear skies to shoot FIVE (!) usable light frames of 180 sec, before I had to get back inside again asap as clouds and rain were coming in again. 

Not a quality picture but given only 15 minutes of total exposure time, I was still pleased with the result.

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Pleiades, Lodewijk van Pol