M45 - Pleiades
14th February 2007
Setup very quickly and imaged for over 2 hours. Unfortunately the clouds rolled over half way through the exposure run and I only managed 11 frames of 4mins each.
Not that bothered as its my best image of M45 yet.
21st November 2006
This was a very successful night.
Using PHD Guiding, the Orion 80ED and 350D, I managed 4 x 10min exposures.
This totals 40mins of faint light entering the camera, the longest I have managed. I think if I can capture more frames, 2 - 5mins would even out the noise a bit more.
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I have also made my own light box to capture flats. It seemed to work very well and the frame is very even.
9th October 2006
6 x 4mins, ISO 400, Orion ED80 scope.
31st October 2006
Tried auto guiding tonight and this time it worked great. I manages a single frame of 5 minutes exposure to show the areas of nebula.
The blue nebula surrounds some of the stars in M45.
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Merope |
Maia & Taygeta |
18th September 2006
Just one frame, unguided (1 min)
17th November 2005 (almost full moon)
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M45 is an amazing bright cluster and can be seen with the naked eye of around 5 bright close stars. I think i have managed to capture a slight hint of the nebula around this cluster. |
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I like the shape and light halo around the brighter stars in this image. |
