Messier 45 The Pleiades,
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Messier 45 The Pleiades,
The Pleiades, also known as Messier 45 (M45), were known since prehistoric times, and were mentioned by Homer about 750 BC. The cluster is dominated by hot blue luminous stars, the light frown which is reflected by clouds of interstellar dust.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
Takahashi FSQ-106ED fl 385 mm Paramount MX+
Camera
QHY 600M
Location
Oria Spain
Date of observation
October 24 - November 15, 2023
Filters
Astrodon LRGB, 21 x 300 s each (7hours total)
Processing
Pixinsight, BXT, SXT, NXT
Credits
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Comments
Nice job on the nebulosity, Mark. Regards,
John
Thanks for catching that! I decided to focus on resolving as much detail as I could for the dust cloud at the expense of a more standard approach where the seven sister stars dominate the image.