Wonders in Taurus Mosaic; Pleiades, Baby Eagle Nebula, Barnard 7

Wonders in Taurus Mosaic; Pleiades, Baby Eagle Nebula, Barnard 7
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Wonders in Taurus Mosaic; Pleiades, Baby Eagle Nebula, Barnard 7

The Pleiades (AKA The Seven Sisters, Messier 45) is an asterism and an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars. At a distance of about 444 light years, it is among the nearest star clusters to Earth. It is the nearest Messier object to Earth, and is the most obvious cluster to the naked eye in the night sky.

The Baby Eagle Nebula (AKA LBN 777) is a giant molecular clouds consisting of cosmic dust and molecular gas, with an average density of 100-1000 particles per cubic centimetre.

Barnard 7 is a dusty dark nebula region containing a small reflection nebula LBN 782. These clouds are dark, not very dense and also quite cold, but I find them to be very elegant, beautiful structures.

The data is from 4 sets that I'm fairly certain were not imaged with a mosaic in mind as the end goal, due to the framing, so it took a bit more work stitching it all together seamlessly.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Telescope
Takahashi FSQ-106ED
Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Camera
FLI PL16803
Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Location
IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain
Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Date of observation
Sept 21 - October 2022
Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Filters
Astrodon LRGB
Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Processing
PixInsight, APP, RC Astro Tools, Graxpert, Photoshop
Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Credits
Data: Telescope Live Processing: Jonathan Lodge
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