Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  19 Tau)  ·  25 Tau)  ·  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  IC 341  ·  IC 349  ·  IC 353  ·  IC 354  ·  IC 360  ·  Maia Nebula  ·  Merope Nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  The star 36 Tau  ·  The star 37 Tau  ·  The star 41 Tau  ·  The star Alcyone (η Tau  ·  The star Atlas (27 Tau)  ·  The star Celaeno (16 Tau)  ·  The star Electra (17 Tau)  ·  The star Merope (23 Tau)  ·  The star Pleione (28 Tau)  ·  The star Taygeta (q Tau
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M45 and the Baby Eagle, Josh Smith

M45 and the Baby Eagle

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M45 and the Baby Eagle, Josh Smith

M45 and the Baby Eagle

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Another wonderful year at Okie-Tex!  It seems to be the one time a year I process and publish anything, as shown in my recent astrobin history.  It was maybe a bit different and more challenging than normal this year as we had to leave after only a few days to come home and prepare for Hurricane Ian, but left the gear with my dad in Oklahoma. I remotely controlled it from the plane ride home and my bedroom in St Pete for the last night of data.  

This was a fun image to process.  So many choices were at hand with all the dynamic range and quality color information available in the data.  I kept veering towards a far more colorful image as the data seemed to show a richer field of dust, but I attempted a show of restraint to the most natural presentation possible.  I hope you enjoy and welcome any feedback!

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M45 and the Baby Eagle, Josh Smith