Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  16 Tau  ·  17 Tau  ·  18 Tau  ·  19 Tau)  ·  19 q Tau  ·  20 Tau  ·  21 Tau  ·  22 Tau  ·  23 Tau  ·  24 Tau  ·  25 Tau)  ·  25 eta Tau  ·  26 Tau  ·  27 Tau  ·  28 Tau  ·  Alcyone  ·  Asterope  ·  Atlas  ·  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  Celaeno  ·  Electra  ·  HD23061  ·  HD23156  ·  HD23157  ·  HD23158  ·  HD23171  ·  HD23194  ·  HD23246  ·  HD23247  ·  HD23289  ·  And 90 more.
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M45 - The Pleiades, Taman
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M45 - The Pleiades

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M45 The Pleiades, or Seven Sisters is a beautiful star cluster in the constellation of Taurus. Easily seen on a dark night with the naked eye or through binoculars.

The hot blue stars are shining through clouds of interstellar dust, which forms the nebulosity.

I found this tricky to process, trying to bring out the dust clouds without blowing out the stars and introducing noise. A lovely object to image though.

Revised image adjusted using the new Generalised Hyperbolic Transformation tool in SiriL 1.0.3. This has enhanced the dust clouds.

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Description: Experiment with Generalised Hyperbolic Transformation.

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M45 - The Pleiades, Taman