Observation by Alun Halsey: Pleiades mosaic

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Alun Halsey

Observer

Alun Halsey

Observed

2016 Nov 05 - 00:00

Uploaded

2016 Nov 09 - 00:45

Objects

The Pleiades (M45)

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Constellation

Taurus

Field centre

RA: 03^h46^m
Dec: +24°03'
Position angle: -69°04'

Field size

1°21' × 1°17'

Equipment

Esprit 150 ED Apo Triplet f7
Canon 1000D (IR filter removed)
Orion (usa) broadband light pollution filter
EQ6 Pro mount
QHY5L-II,60mm tasco refractor and PHD2 for guiding

Exposure

5 minute exposures at ISO 1600

Location

Berkshire UK

Target name

Pleiades (Seven Sisters)

Title

Pleiades mosaic

About this image

Three sets of images taken to build this mosaic,each set containing 6 subframes at 5 minutes apiece at ISO 1600. Each set stacked in Deepskystacker,mosaic stitched using IMerge and processed in Photoshop.

Files associated with this observation

Pleiades-mosaic.jpg (552.9 kB)

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Dawson, Nick Hewitt, Andy Wilson, Jeremy Shears, Peter Carson

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