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M45The Pleiades (Click on photo and then click again for a full resolution image).

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Messier 45 - The Pleiades LRGB

Messier 45 - The Pleiades

The Pleiades is an open cluster of young stars surrounded by hydrogen gas and dust from which they were formed.
The cluster is about 375 light-years away from Earth.

Image acquisition and processing information:

Date: October 26th, 2022
Telescope: Celestron Edge HD 14" telescope using a Hyperstar v4 lens (at F1.9)
Mount: Astro-Physics AP-1200 GTO CP3

Camera: ZWO ASI-6200 MM Pro monochrome camera (binned 2x2)
Guiding: Telescope: AstroTech AT72ED, Camera: ASI-183MM monochrome camera
Exposures: 255 3o-second luminance exposures using a IR/UV cut filter
Image acquisition and guiding: ASIAIR Plus

Telescope: Celestron C11 telescope using a Hyperstar v3 lens (at F2)
Mount: Celestron CGE Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI-2400 MC Pro one-shot-color camera
Guiding: Telescope: Orion 60mm with helical focuser, Camera: ASI-294 MC one-shot-color camera
Exposures: 167 6o-second exposures using a IR/UV cut filter

Image acquisition and guiding: ASIAIR Plus

Image processing Software: PixInsight v. 1.8.9.1