The Pleiades (M45)

The Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is a conspicuous object in the night sky with a prominent place in ancient mythology. The cluster contains hundreds of stars, of which only a handful are commonly visible to the unaided eye. The stars in the Pleiades are thought to have formed together around 100 million years ago, making them 1/50th the age of our sun, and they lie some 130 parsecs (425 light years) away

Location

My Photo

Acquisition

• 12×2′ light frames
• 10 dark frames
• 50 offset frames
• 800 iso, F/4.0, 200 mm

Processing

• Stretched histogram
• De-noise

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