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Messier 45 Pleiades with the new AT115EDT, Paul Macklin
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Messier 45 Pleiades with the new AT115EDT

Messier 45 Pleiades with the new AT115EDT, Paul Macklin
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Messier 45 Pleiades with the new AT115EDT

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This is my first full project with my new Astro-Tech AT115EDT. 

Two 6 hours sessions of 3 min subs (over 250 subs total), with no light pollution filter.

I tried to bring out the dust in this gorgeous reflection nebula with out blowing out the stars, and with a light touch: 
* No star reduction
* Only minimal Topaz: 1% denoise, 0% sharpen, 50% recover original detail
* A simple 250% 1.5 pixel unsharp mask 
* Modest +15 vibrance/saturation. 

I am extremely pleased with this new triplet! This started as a test shot, but after 6 hours the result was so promising, I had to get another 6 hours under these low-moon conditions.

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Messier 45 Pleiades with the new AT115EDT, Paul Macklin