M45. The Pleiades
Open Cluster in Taurus
 
Also known as "the Seven Sisters", this open cluster is one of the celestial objects better known. Contains hundreds of stars but only a few are visible with the naked eye. Its stars were formed 100 million years ago.
Distance to Earth:   425 light years
Visual magnitude: 1,6



Date and location 27-nov-2011. Caraquiz, Guadalajara
Telescope ASA N10,  f=906mm on ASA DDM85 mount. No autoguiding
Camera FLI ML11002. IDAS LPS Hutech and Baader RGB filters
Image processing
 L: 48x300s, RGB: 12x300s. Stacked and processed with Pixinsight




Date and location 29-nov-2008. Caraquiz, Guadalajara
Telescope ASA N10,  f=906mm. Autoguíde with Guidemaster, QHY6 and MiniBorg50
Camera Artemis11002. IDAS LPS Hutech filter, with IR cut
Image processing
 L: 18x300s. Images stacked with AIP4WIN.  Process  with Pixinsight






Date and location 06-oct-2007. Caraquiz, Guadalajara
Telescope LX200R,  f=2000mm. Autoguíde with Guidemaster, Toucam SC3 and MiniBorg50
Camera Artemis11002. IDAS LPS Hutech filter, with IR cut
Image processing
 L: 20x180s; RGB:5x180s. Images stacked with AIP4WIN.  Process  with Pixinsight





Date and location 3-dic-2005. Caraquiz, Guadalajara
Telescope Megrez II 80ED, f=560mm. Focal reducer 0.69. Autoguíde with Toucam and LX200GPS
Camera Artemis285. IDAS LPS Hutech filter, with IR cut
Image processing
 L: 14x60s;  RGB:3x60s. Images stacked with AIP4WIN. RGB composition, histograms and noise filter with Pixinsight. LRGB  with Adobe Photoshop.

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