Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  IC 341  ·  IC 349  ·  IC 353  ·  IC 354  ·  Maia Nebula  ·  Merope Nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  The star 18Tau  ·  The star 7Tau  ·  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
Disappointing M45, Fred
Disappointing M45
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Disappointing M45

Disappointing M45, Fred
Disappointing M45
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Disappointing M45

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Description

Getting back into actually imaging with this M45, but it leaves a lot to be desired. My Polarie helped get longer exposures, but the high airmass coupled with the light pollution and middling focusing beat me. Probably could have gotten a decent result if I'd done 64 or even 128 exposures, but ah well. Lessons for next time.

Acquisition details:

32x Light Frames @ 60s each (Only 25 usable, mostly due to aircraft, a couple due to vibrations)
10x Dark Frames @ 60s each
20x Bias Frames

No flats because I was lazy. The lens used has pretty bad barrel distortion, though so next time I'll need to get around to that.

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Disappointing M45, Fred