Messier 45 (Pleiades)

Pleiades

LRGB image

 

 

Target Information

  • ALTERNATIVE DESIGNATIONS:  M45, Seven Sisters, Melotte 22
  • TYPE:  open star cluster
  • CONSTELLATION:  Taurus
  • DISTANCE:  425 light years

Imaging Information

  • IMAGING DATE(S):  October 2010, November 2010
  • L:  2 min subs x 16, Bin 1×1
  • R:  2 min subs x 25, Bin 1×1
  • G:  2 min subs x 25, Bin 1×1
  • B:  2 min subs x 25, Bin 1×1
  • TOTAL EXPOSURE TIME:  182 mins = 3.0 hrs

Equipment

  • TELESCOPE:  Takahashi TOA-130F
  • MOUNT:  Software Bisque Paramount ME
  • CAMERA:  SBIG STL-11000XM
  • GUIDING:  TC-237 (internal autoguide chip)
  • FILTERS:  Astrodon
  • IMAGE ACQUISITION SOFTWARE:  TheSky6, CCDSoft, CCDAP4
  • PROCESSING SOFTWARE:  CCDStack, PixInsight