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M45 Pleiades
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M45 Open Cluster in Taurus (Pleiades)
Date October 21, 2007
Exposure LRGB 10:10:8:10 (unbinned; luminance synthesized from RGB)
Camera STL11000M w/ Astronomik filters
Telescope Takahashi Sky90 f/4.5 on Losmandy G11 w/Gemini
Guiding Remote guide head
Processing MaximDL, PhotoshopCS2, FITS Liberator, GradientXerminator
Comments Moderate seeing, mild temps; image cropped ~30%


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M45 Open Cluster in Taurus (Pleiades)
Date December 5, 6, and 8, 2006
Exposure LRGB 72:33:30:45
Camera ST2000XM with SBIG filters
Telescope Takahashi Sky90 f/4.5 on Losmandy G11 w/Gemini
Guiding Self-guided
Processing MaximDL, PhotoshopCS2, FITS Liberator, GradientXerminator
Comments Partial moonlight, cold and clear

 


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M45 Pleiades - Open Cluster in Taurus
Date 11/1/2005
Exposure RBG 15:15:25 
Camera SXV-H9 w/ Schuler filters
Telescope Takahashi Sky90 f/4.5 on Losmandy G11 w/ Gemini
Guiding ST-4 guided
Processing MaximDL,  Photoshop, FITS Liberator, Astro Actions
Comments Cold, clear, moderate seeing

 

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