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
M45, Mattes
M45
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M45

M45, Mattes
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M45

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"First Light" for my Skywatcher Evostar 72ED. M45 is the only Messier object I can see with the naked eye in the grey sky over Frankfurt.

400 light years away and born when the dinosaurs ruled on earth this open cluster shaped our myths and art since the stone age.

70 Light (Gain 190/100s), 20 Flat, 26 Dark

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  • M45, Mattes
    Original
  • M45, Mattes
    B
  • Final
    M45, Mattes
    C

B

Description: denoised...

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C

Description: Deconvoluted, color calibrated and denoised. Some fine details and dimm stars are now a little sharper and I tried to preseve the natural color differences of the stars and dust.

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