Messier  45

Pleiades or " Seven Sisters "

Object  Details:  Located in the constellation Taurus, the pleiades is an example of a "reflection" nebula due to the blue dust clouds being illuminated by the light from the "open cluster" of stars surrounding it.  

Date	October 21, 2006
Location	Starlight Observatory  Glasgow , DE
Exposure	RGB 110 min total exposure (r=7x5min, g=7x5min, b=8x5min subs) 1x1 bin -30c
Camera	Sbig ST2000xm
Scope/ lens	Takahashi FS60C (nsv) w/ field flattener F4.4 (255mm focal length)
Filter(s)	Astrodon I-series (RGB) & Lumicon Deep Sky Filter (LPR)
Cooling	no additional
Guider	self guided 1x1 5s exp
Mount	AP1200 gto
Processing	CCDsoft, Registar, Fits Liberator, Photoshop CS, Noise Ninga, Gradient X Terminator.
Notes	Previous version here .