Observation by Robert James Stuart: Pleiades M45

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Robert James Stuart

Observer

Robert James Stuart

Observed

2017 Jan 02 - 19:34

Uploaded

2017 Aug 22 - 10:30

Objects

The Pleiades (M45)

Equipment

C8-N f5 Newtonian
SkyWatcher EQ6 Pro mount
Nikon D800

Exposure

Stack of 5x 180s exposure iso 640

Location

Rhayader Mid Wales

Target name

M45 Pleiades

Title

Pleiades M45

About this image

This was a stack of 5 * 180s guided exposures with a Nikon D800 iso 640 with noise and long exposure reduction. Telescope was Celestron CN-8 f5 Newtonian. A Baader field flattener was used. Mount was Skywatcher EQ6 Pro.

Used to do a lot of astrophotography years ago on film, guiding by eye, so now getting back into it using digital means and auto guiders. This was one of my first images. Stacked manually and processed in Photoshop.

Files associated with this observation

new pleiades s_t copy.jpg (1.1 MB)

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Dawson, Jeremy Shears, Andy Wilson, David Swan, Mike Olason, Peter Carson

Comments

Dawson, 2017 Aug 22 - 10:33 UTC

Amazing. so much nebulosity! Wow. Are the diffraction spikes all natural or augmented? A great capture. well done.

Robert James Stuart, 2017 Aug 22 - 10:45 UTC

Thank you. The diffraction spikes are real, courtesy of the secondary mirror vanes. Some people like them, others don't!

I live in a dark sky site, so it was good to see so much nebulosity come out.

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