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Messier 45, Simon
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Messier 45

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Messier 45

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I used some of the old data I had from ITU's remote scope in Spain, all taken through a Borg 125 SD (5" refractor) and using a QSI 683 WSG CCD camera and Astronomik filters. I missed out processing this before, so this is my first image of this on this website. It took 61 luminances at 10 minutes long each, plus 20 subs in each of R, G and B at 10 minutes long too. Integration time was 10 hours and 14.5 minutes. Admittedly, I would have preferred the position of the cluster to have been slightly different but I am pleased to have pulled out some of the faint nebulosity around the cluster, which is not always seen on photos - well mine at least! Thanks.

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Messier 45, Simon