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
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M45/Pleiades - Widefield, Chuck Mickle
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M45/Pleiades - Widefield

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M45/Pleiades - Widefield

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Acquired over 3 nights at different ISO's, F stops and exposure times. The first two nights were imaged at F8 and the last night at F5.6. Star spikes due to lens iris are too distracting when imaging bright stars, especially when viewed at full resolution. Will try step down rings, as an experiment, at some point to try and eliminate star spikes.

I was surprised to see some hint of the larger nebulosity in the area but an extremely longer integration time would be needed to get any detail in my light polluted area.

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M45/Pleiades - Widefield, Chuck Mickle