Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  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 - Pleiades, 



    
        

            Victor Van Puyenbroeck
M45 - Pleiades
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M45 - Pleiades

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M45 - Pleiades, 



    
        

            Victor Van Puyenbroeck
M45 - Pleiades
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M45 - Pleiades

Acquisition details

Dates:
Dec. 20, 2019
Frames:
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Blue: 40×60(40′) (gain: 74.00) -15°C bin 1×1
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Green: 22×60(22′) (gain: 74.00) -15°C bin 1×1
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Lum: 52×60(52′) (gain: 74.00) -15°C bin 1×1
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Red: 40×60(40′) (gain: 74.00) -15°C bin 1×1
Integration:
2h 34′
Darks:
30
Flats:
20
Flat darks:
100
Avg. Moon age:
23.53 days
Avg. Moon phase:
35.48%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
7.00
Temperature:
9.00

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 3263956

RA center: 03h46m54s.0

DEC center: +24°0643

Pixel scale: 2.023 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 89.343 degrees

Field radius: 1.483 degrees

Resolution: 4256x3120

File size: 4.3 MB

Locations: Backyard, Herent, Belgium

Data source: Backyard

Description

First light with my Astrodon filterset.

It's not the prettiest M45, this was just a test session for the new filters, but I like it despite all issues with the data

I also caught 2 asteroids! Rev B. is a small animation that shows their movement

* Only 1.1h of subs were used in the original version, I did not use any subs with issues.

* Rev. C/D uses all data from the night and better DBE. I used a different color balance and applied luminance noise reduction.

Comments

Revisions

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B

Description: Animation of 2 asteroids near the center of the frame

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C

Description: Different color balance, more data

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D

Description: Stretched background further

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Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

M45 - Pleiades, 



    
        

            Victor Van Puyenbroeck