Seven Sisters M45 (Dawn Lowry)

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During a wonderful trip out to west Texas Nov 2021. We packed up my new Kia Sorento. LOADED up a 6x12 uhaul with telescopes and mounts and out to Texas on a 24 hour road trip we went. It was hard and a TON of work. BUT we were able to enjoy Bortle 1 skies.

I went with my best friends and we were able to take our OWN equipment and set it up for several nights and image.

we had 6 of the 9 NIGHTS

Through that process I was able to capture several of my favorite targets and I'll put some time on this one. I pointed my Redcat at the skies and ran about 6.5 hours.

After several hurdles of no internet and difficulty with plate solves, time zones and connectivity. FINALLY the heavens came across the computer screens. and what a site. That first 3 minute image was like a final image from home. I WAS AMAZED!!!!

I only hoped I would be able to edit the image and do it justice.

I hope you enjoy this as much as I do. Thank you for your time,

Cloudy Nights

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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	03h46m32s.929
RA (top/left)	03h40m14s.440
RA (top/right)	03h40m15s.317
RA (bottom/right)	03h52m44s.553
RA (bottom/left)	03h52m57s.478

Dec (center)	+24°13′05″.69
Dec (top/left)	+25°25′10″.99
Dec (top/right)	+23°01′35″.89
Dec (bottom/right)	+23°00′01″.32
Dec (bottom/left)	+25°23′35″.60

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