M45 - The Plieades Star Cluster
Cluster / Nebulosity Complex in Taurus

 

            


            
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 Just
            in time for the end of 2018, the sky cleared for one last time.
            It was just in time too, a huge winter storm was coming in the
            very next day! I shot for 3 hours non stop on this one, and it
            took me at least that amount of time for my slow computer to
            process all 36 of the huge files. The result is one of the more
            dramatic shots of this object I have taken yet.
Lens:  Stellarvue SV80s at f/4.8
Camera: Canon XTi Hutech Modified
Mount:  Astrophysics AP1200
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5100 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  5/10, Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature:  25F
Processing Tools:  Photoshop CS2, Maxim DSLR
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