Observation by Simon Dawes: Mars, the Pleiades and the California Ne...

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Mr Simon Francis Dawes

Observer

Simon Dawes

Observed

2019 Apr 04 - 19:40

Uploaded

2019 Apr 19 - 15:45

Objects

The Pleiades (M45)
The California Nebula (NGC1499)
Conjunction

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Constellation

Taurus

Field centre

RA: 03^h56^m
Dec: +29°11'
Position angle: +38°10'

Field size

27° × 18°

Equipment

50mm Lens F4
Canon EOS 600D (Full Spectrum Mod)
CLSCCD clip-in filter
iOptron Star Tracker

Exposure

84 minutes (30s subs)

Location

Kelling Heath, England

Target name

Mars, the Pleiades and the California Nebula

Title

Mars, the Pleiades and the California Nebula

About this image

Mars, the Pleiades and the California Nebula, taken on 2019-04-04.

At this time of year, Taurus sets quite early so getting a good image was difficult, in the end Astro Pixel Processor came to the rescue removing all the gradients that were in the image as a result of the low elevation.

Files associated with this observation

Mars_Pleiades_California_Nebula_48m 50pc_resize_for_BAA.jpg (1.9 MB)

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Steve Knight, Martina McGovern, Jeremy Shears, Graham Winstanley, Andy Wilson, Nick Hewitt, Miguel Araújo, Andrew Dumbleton, Dr Paul Leyland, Honor Wheeler, Peter Carson, Martin Crow, Mr Simon Francis Dawes

Comments

Mr Simon Francis Dawes, 2019 Apr 21 - 07:00 UTC

There appears to be some dark nebulosity bisecting M45 and the California Nebula, does any one know if this is real or a processing artifact?

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