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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 |
Tags
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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