M45
M45
Object | |
| Description: | Pleiades |
| Type: | Open Cluster |
| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Distance: | 440 ly |
Image | |
| Date: | November 13, 2020 |
| Location: | Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA |
| Exposure: | Lum 12x5, R 4x5, G 4x5 B 6x5 (bin 1x1) |
| Notes: | The small galaxy at 3 o'clock is PGC 13696 at a 17.8 magnitude |
Equipment | |
| Optics: | Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor |
| Focal Length: | 530mm @f/5 |
| Mount: | Astro-Physics 900GTO |
| Camera: | FLI ML-8300 |
| Focuser: | Robo-Focus |
| Filters: | FLI CFW2-7, Astrodon Gen 2 LRGB |
| Software: | Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop |