M45 - The Pleiades



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Messier 45, also known as The Seven Sisters, is an open cluster in Taurus, 440 ly from Earth.
The cluster contains over 1000 members but only the brightest O and B class stars are visible at naked eyes. The light they emit reflects on the surrounding interstellar medium through which the stars are currently moving, giving us such an amazing view.


Optic SW ED80 + 0,85 Reducer/Flattener
Camera EOS 600D Baader
Filters IDAS LPS-P2 2
Mount NEQ6 with EQASCOM
Guide
SW 70/500 with AlCCD5
Frame center
RA 03:47:10 DEC 24:05:18 J2000
Date
2014/09/14
Site
Pian dell Armà, Italian Alps
Exposures 10x420s ISO800 - 7 dark, 17 flat, 17 bias

Integration time - 1h 10m

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