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, Olly Penrice
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A reprocess of 25 hours' LRGB (Tak FSQ106N/Atik 11000/Mesu 200) using an equalized copy image as a layer mask for extracting more contrast in the fainter signal. I hope the unconventional framing doesn't upset you! I wanted to give my own eyes a fresh look at the target but I also felt that the visually 'heavier' dust looked best at the bottom and the crop tries to exploit the two arcs of stars, a smaller one upper left and a larger one lower right at the sides.

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M45, Olly Penrice