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Image of the day 10/24/2023

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M45 Pleiades and Surrounding Dust Field, psparkman
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M45 Pleiades and Surrounding Dust Field

Image of the day 10/24/2023

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M45 Pleiades and Surrounding Dust Field, psparkman
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M45 Pleiades and Surrounding Dust Field

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Like many of you, this was one of the first objects that I imaged several years ago before falling off into the abyss that is astrophotography.  But that first Pleiades image helped get me hooked.  So when I had the wide field setup at the DSP dark sky site, and I needed an early morning transiting object, I went back to M45.

I really like the variation in the dust around this iconic object.  There are both diffused and structured dust clouds.  Some of the dust is reflective blue, while nearby dust is the standard brown.  All with a slightly structured Ha background bubble to add even more color.  I shot the Ha during the bright moon periods, and the LRGB when the moon was dim.

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M45 Pleiades and Surrounding Dust Field, psparkman