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M45: Matariki, Brian Boyle

M45: Matariki

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M45: Matariki, Brian Boyle

M45: Matariki

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Woke up at 3.15am this morning to have a go at M45, Pleiades, or Matariki in Maori (my favourite).

Matariki crawls up to an altitude of 22deg from my place, so I am always fighting against the conditions down there. While the stars aren't quite as sharp as I would like, and I didn't get as much time on this as I wanted (mainly due to my tiredness and an ASIair with a mind of its own), I am reasonably happy with the result.

More than anything I am relieved, because my first attempt at processing was not very good. Embarrassingly, I posted it here but took it down when I realised that I had used the wrong Bayer matrix. It explains when I had so much trouble in post-processing!

Embarrassing admission. My previous image of this was processed using the wrong Bayer matrix.

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