M45 The Pleiades - Taurus
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Object Data: Revered since remote antiquity, the Pleiades, or 'Seven Sisters' is the most famous of the galactic star clusters and well known to all observers through easy naked eye visibility of the seven brightest stars. The sparkling beauty of this jewel-like cluster remains the earliest celestial memory for many lovers of the night sky. Even more remarkable is the extent and structure of the beautiful reflection nebulosity which is shown to envelop the entire cluster in long exposure photographs.
Date: 12/20/03
Location: Beaver Meadows Observatory
Optics: Takahashi FSQ106 at F/5
Mount: Custom ADM Mount
Autoguiding: SBIG ST-4 tracking Orion 80mm f/6 guidescope
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel
Settings:ISO 800
Exposure: 17x 5 minutesEnhancement: The 17 separate exposures were dark subtracted, calibrated and aligned using Image Plus. Histogram adjustment using IP and final color adjustments and sizing were done in Photoshop. This was my first image taken with my new Canon EOS Digital Rebel.
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