M45: The Luminous Pleiades
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The Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, are visible to the naked eye, resolve in binoculars and can be captured by regular cameras. This is the first time I've collected enough exposure to capture the delicate nebulosity that surrounds these beautiful blue stars.
Image details
| Telescope: | Stellina | |
| Length: | 400mm | |
| Aperture: | 80mm | |
| F-stop: | f/5.0 | |
| Sessions: | 2 | |
| Captured: | 2021-07-25 to 2021-10-09 | |
| Lights: | 586 | |
| Exposure: | 10 | |
| Total exposure: | 1 h | |
| Ra: | 3h 46m 51.9s | |
| Dec: | +24° 14' 8.737 | |
| Size: | 64.485 x 42.647 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 0.644 deg | |
| Scale: | 0.687 arcsec/pixel |
Tags
The star Celaeno (16Tau) The star Electra (17Tau) The star Taygeta (19Tau) The star Sterope I (21Tau) The star Merope (23Tau) The star ηTau The star Atlas (27Tau) The star Pleione (28Tau) NGC1432 IC349 Barnard's Merope Nebula Maia Nebula M45
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