M45 (Tau)

M45 (Tau)

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Date/Site: 10. January 2024, at home
Exposure/
Filter:
No filter: 24 x 180 seconds (-10°C)
Camera/
Optics/
Instrument:
Touptek 294CP on 150mm f/5 Newton with 2" Skywatcher Comacorrector on 10Micron GM1000 HPS
Data acquired remotely using N.I.N.A.,
Guiding: ASI120 attached to a 61mm-finder,
Focusing with Microtouch,
Calibration and processing: PixInsight 1.8

M45, the Pleiades, are surrounded by cirruslike gas- and dust clouds, which reflect and scatter the light of the luminous cluster stars.

© Friedhelm Hübner, last revision:  09.12.2024