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The Pleiades

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A long exposure reveals the wispy tendrils of nebulosity that surround the major stars in M45 like a cocoon.

Image details

Telescope:   Svbony sv503 70ED
Length:   336mm
Aperture:   70mm
F-stop:   f/4.56
Sessions:   1
Captured:   2022-01-25 to 2022-01-25
Lights:   27
Exposure:   180
Total exposure:   1 h
Ra:   3h 46m 31.7s
Dec:   +24° 19' 43.587
Size:   190.604 x 131.04 arcmin
Radius:   1.928 deg
Scale:   1.43 arcsec/pixel
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M45 19 Tau 25 Tau Barnard's Merope Nebula IC349 Maia Nebula Merope Nebula NGC1432 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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