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Pleiades
M45
Object
Type Open Cluster
Constellation Taurus
Distance 440 ly
More Info
Image
Date 03 Sep 2005 (Summer)
Place Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA
Exposure Data LRGB 35:15:15:15 mins @ -15C
Lum 7x5 (bin 1x1), R 3x5, G 3x5, B 3x5 (bin 2x2)
Notes
Equipment
Optics Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor
Focal Length 530mm @f/5
Mount Celestron CGE
Camera SBIG ST-2000XM
Focuser Robo-Focus
Filters CFW8A, Astrodon LRGB
Software CCDSoft, Photoshop