Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  IC 349  ·  Maia Nebula  ·  Merope Nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  The star 18Tau  ·  The star Atlas (27Tau)  ·  The star Celaeno (16Tau)  ·  The star Electra (17Tau)  ·  The star Merope (23Tau)  ·  The star Pleione (28Tau)  ·  The star Sterope I (21Tau)  ·  The star Taygeta (19Tau)  ·  The star ηTau
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M45 Pleiades

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M45 Pleiades

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Description

11-9-2020/11-10-2020 , 8hr3min exp time-166x180s iso800 More natural processing, tried to balance the channels as opposed to blowing out the Blue channel to compensate for lack of light data. 8 hours is still not enough for this one...

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  • M45 Pleiades, PghAstroDude
    Original
  • M45 Pleiades, PghAstroDude
    B
  • M45 Pleiades, PghAstroDude
    C
  • M45 Pleiades, PghAstroDude
    D
  • M45 Pleiades, PghAstroDude
    E
  • Final
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    F

B

Description: Reprocessed with more frames, 54x50" on this attempt. Stretched the data a little less to preserve lines in the nebulosity.

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C

Description: Image data from backyard and Clarion county, PA. ISO800, 114x50 sec. exposures on an unguided EQ2 mount. 20 Darks, 20 Bias, and 20 Flats.
Processed with Pixinsight, Photoshop, and Lightroom.

Tried a new technique in Pixinsight (channel extraction/ABE, NR, curve reduction on R/S-curve and NR on G and B channels/recombine), then ABE on the combined result with some Background Neutralization and Histogram/Curves Transformation. Layer blending in Photoshop, additional CA removal and NR in Lightroom.

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D

Description: Diffraction Spikes!

83x90” with 20 dark, bias, and flats taken right after imaging. Stopped the Takumar 2 clicks down to f7, light edit. No filters, using Smarteq Pro+.

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E

Description: 11-9-2020 attempt, 4hr57m exp time-99x180s iso800

More natural processing, tried to balance the channels as opposed to blowing out the Blue channel to compensate for lack of light data.

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F

Description: 8hr3min exp time.

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