M45 in 2022
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One of my favorite winter targets, the Pleiades are easily visible as a bright cluster of stars that resemble a 'tiny dipper.' You can see their faint bluish/purple glow with the naked eye and the Seven Sisters are photogenic and multiple focal lengths. This is a series of broadband RGB long exposures to bring out the subtle dust and nebulosity that surround this young group of stars.
Image details
| Telescope: | Svbony sv503 70ED | |
| Length: | 336mm | |
| Aperture: | 70mm | |
| F-stop: | f/4.56 | |
| Sessions: | 5 | |
| Captured: | 2022-01-28 to 2022-09-26 | |
| Lights: | 117 | |
| Exposure: | 240 | |
| Total exposure: | 7 h | |
| Ra: | 3h 46m 47.3s | |
| Dec: | +24° 13' 38.148 | |
| Size: | 123.916 x 106.666 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 1.363 deg | |
| Scale: | 1.899 arcsec/pixel |
Tags
19 Tau 25 Tau Barnard's Merope Nebula IC49 Maia Nebula Merope Nebula NGC432 NGC1435 Sterope I (21 Tau) The star 18 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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