Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Maia nebula  ·  Merope nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  The star 18Tau  ·  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
Pleiades (M45), Orestis Pavlou
Pleiades (M45)
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Pleiades (M45)

Pleiades (M45), Orestis Pavlou
Pleiades (M45)
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Pleiades (M45)

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Pleiades (M45)

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The 'Seven Sisters' of greek mythology: Sterope, Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygeta, Celaeno, and Alcyone, followed by their 'parents': Atlas and Pleione (top left).

This cluster of relatively young stars (visible with the naked eye, even from a heavily light-polluted area) is travelling through a cloud of dust, which reflects their starlight in blue colour.

This is my 1st attempt at post-processing using PixInsight 1.8.

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Total imaging time: 6.5 hours

Telescope: Sky-Watcher Evostar ED80 Black Diamond

Camera: ZWO ASI294MC Pro

Mount: Celestron AVX

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Description: Minor changes to noise reduction/sharpening + colour balance

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Pleiades (M45), Orestis Pavlou