M45 Pleiades Seven Sisters (Elmiko)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Taurus (Tau) · Contains: 16 Tau · 17 Tau · 18 Tau · 19 q Tau · 20 Tau · 21 Tau · 22 Tau · 23 Tau · 24 Tau · 25 eta Tau · 26 Tau · 27 Tau · 28 Tau · Alcyone · Asterope · Atlas · Barnard's Merope Nebula · Celaeno · Electra · IC 349 · M 45 · Maia · Maia Nebula · Merope · Merope Nebula · NGC 1432 · NGC 1435 · Pleiades · Pleione · Sterope II · And 10 more.

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M45 Pleiades Seven Sisters

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M45 Pleiades Seven Sisters

The Pleiades, also known as M45 or the Seven Sisters lies in Taurus. It is one of the nearest stars clusters to Earth, at 430 ly.

This was captured at my dark sky site (Bortle 4). It was a pretty good evening seeing wise 7/10. But having a half dozen fellow Astronomy enthusiasts out there made for a great evening of fun, talking Astronomy and Astro equipment.. of course! I combined three different exposure stacks using HDR Composition in Pixinsight. I thought it would help to show the extended nebulosity, and at the same time keep the stars under control. This was the third time imaging this beautiful object, and the first to capture it from a dark site. Processing was very basic and easy. I love imaging from darker skies!

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RA (center)	03h46m48s.131
RA (top/left)	03h42m42s.285
RA (top/right)	03h40m26s.809
RA (bottom/right)	03h50m49s.581
RA (bottom/left)	03h53m11s.922

Dec (center)	+24°07′53″.96
Dec (top/left)	+25°19′15″.80
Dec (top/right)	+23°43′01″.37
Dec (bottom/right)	+22°56′08″.43
Dec (bottom/left)	+24°31′47″.52

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