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Pleiades
M45
Object
Type Open Cluster
Constellation Taurus
Distance 440 ly
More Info
Image
Date 13 Nov 2020 (Fall)
Place Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA
Exposure Data LRGB 60:20:20:30 mins @ -25C
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