Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  19 Tau)  ·  25 Tau)  ·  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  IC 349  ·  Maia Nebula  ·  Merope Nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  Sterope I (21 Tau)  ·  The star Alcyone (η Tau  ·  The star Asterope  ·  The star Atlas (27 Tau)  ·  The star Celaeno (16 Tau)  ·  The star Electra (17 Tau)  ·  The star Merope (23 Tau)  ·  The star Pleione (28 Tau)  ·  The star Sterope II (22 Tau)  ·  The star Taygeta (q Tau
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M45 - Pleiades, BrettD
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M45 - Pleiades

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M45 - Pleiades

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M45 - The Pleiades, also known as "The Seven Sisters"
A beautiful star cluster surrounded by reflection nebulosity.

This one has long been on my "must image" list however when I first investigated a few years ago, I was disappointed to discover imaging this target from my location is "far from ideal".
  • peaks at 27 degrees
  • is obscured until it's past it's apex anyway (I get 85 mins max before it ducks behind my roof)
  • always shooting over my hot black roof tiles (it's a summer target from down under)

Over 3 nights I managed just over 3 hours, and hit it hard with the noise reduction :-)

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M45 - Pleiades, BrettD

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