Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  IC 341  ·  IC 349  ·  IC 353  ·  Maia Nebula  ·  Merope Nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  The star 18Tau  ·  The star Atlas (27Tau)  ·  The star Celaeno (16Tau)  ·  The star Electra (17Tau)  ·  The star Merope (23Tau)  ·  The star Pleione (28Tau)  ·  The star Sterope I (21Tau)  ·  The star Taygeta (19Tau)  ·  The star ηTau
M45 Pleiades Cluster, YC Lim
M45 Pleiades Cluster
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M45 Pleiades Cluster

M45 Pleiades Cluster, YC Lim
M45 Pleiades Cluster
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M45 Pleiades Cluster

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Another session plagued with technical issues, unable to get proper polar alignment, persistent slight star trailing even at 25secs exposure, frames slowly getting overexposed as M45 sets into heavier light pollution, difficult gradient reduction in post-processing.

Final image is quite acceptable even though I'm not too satisfied with it, managed to get some nebulosity out, slight star trailing when zoomed in and decent star colors despite overexposed frames.

The Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters or M45, is an open star cluster in the constellation Taurus and is visible to the naked eye in Singapore.

Fun fact - Subaru is the Japanese name for the Pleiades star cluster which inspired the old Subaru logo.

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M45 Pleiades Cluster, YC Lim