Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  19 Tau)  ·  25 Tau)  ·  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  IC 349  ·  Maia Nebula  ·  Merope Nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  Sterope I (21 Tau)  ·  The star 18 Tau  ·  The star Alcyone (η Tau  ·  The star Asterope  ·  The star Atlas (27 Tau)  ·  The star Celaeno (16 Tau)  ·  The star Electra (17 Tau)  ·  The star Merope (23 Tau)  ·  The star Pleione (28 Tau)  ·  The star Sterope II (22 Tau)  ·  The star Taygeta (q Tau
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
M45: The Pleiades, Roger Muro
M45: The Pleiades
Powered byPixInsight

M45: The Pleiades

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
M45: The Pleiades, Roger Muro
M45: The Pleiades
Powered byPixInsight

M45: The Pleiades

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

One target that has always eluded me is M45. It requires good skies, sharp optics and well controlled CA. The AT130EDT delivered great performance on this target. The faint nebulosity is enticing and I tried to balance overall brightness, with strong highlights but keeping areas of dimmer, fainter dust. The image is LRGB taken during the course of 6 nights in October 2023.

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

M45: The Pleiades, Roger Muro