Observation by Iain Cartwright: The Pleiades M45

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Iain Cartwright

Observer

Iain Cartwright

Observed

2019 Nov 28 - 21:34

Uploaded

2020 Jan 15 - 06:28

Objects

The Pleiades (M45)

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Constellation

Taurus

Field centre

RA: 03^h46^m
Dec: +24°12'
Position angle: +16°25'

Field size

1°56' × 1°22'

Equipment

Nikon D810A
Sky-watcher 200PDS
HEQ5 Pro Eq. mount
Flat light box
Observatory

Exposure

128 frames, 30s @ ISO800

Location

Ayrshire

Target name

The Pleiades M45

Title

The Pleiades M45

About this image

Calibrated, aligned, integrated & enhanced in PixInsight. Finished in Lightroom.

Files associated with this observation

ThePleiades_M45-.jpg (2.0 MB)

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Comments

Jeremy Shears, 2020 Jan 15 - 09:46 UTC

Hello Iain,

welcome to the BAA and thank you for sharing your fine images on Members' Pages

Jeremy

Ray Emery, 2020 Jan 15 - 13:05 UTC

Iain - a very attractive image! Are the diffraction spikes just from the spider vanes, or did you add some wires across the aperture?

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