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Pleiades (M45), Jan Scheers
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Another picture of M45 - the Pleiades or "Seven Sisters" - a beautiful open cluster in the constellation of Taurus.

This image was captured with the Takahashi FSQ-106ED refractor and FLI PL16803 camera from Telescope Live in IC Astronomy Observatory, Oria, Spain.

Total integration time 339 minutes.
Sub-frames:
L 6 subs of 600s
R 8 subs of 180s and 6 subs of 600s
G 8 subs of 180s and 6 subs of 600s
B 8 subs of 180s and 6 subs of 600s

Processing with Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel V4.2, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins.

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Pleiades (M45), Jan Scheers