Cosmic Candy Floss (urmymuse)

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Cosmic Candy Floss

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Cosmic Candy Floss

My second go (or is it third) at M45 the Pleiades

When i showed this to Mrs urmymuse she said it looked like candy floss, hence the title

The patio is not best placed for the winter targets, got a large tree to the east and then the house so only get two or three usable hours a clear night if lucky

Taken over two nights in the recent clear spell

2 hrs lume , 2hrs RGB

Horrible reflections, rings round stars etc and squares from the sensor (i think ) plus gradients

Spent ages trying to get rid of these , 85% success i think or maybe 80%

Maybe shorter exposures would have done better

Any way here it is

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Description: Smoothed ringing artefacts round some of the brighter stars

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RA (center)	03h47m00s.90
RA (top/left)	03h46m02s.77
RA (top/right)	03h42m49s.23
RA (bottom/right)	03h47m58s.18
RA (bottom/left)	03h51m14s.14

Dec (center)	+24°06′06″.8
Dec (top/left)	+25°07′10″.2
Dec (top/right)	+23°41′42″.4
Dec (bottom/right)	+23°05′00″.7
Dec (bottom/left)	+24°30′05″.0

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