M45, The Pleiades
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| Date | 01/31/2006 |
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| Scope | Orion ED80 |
| Optics | William Optics 0.8X Focal Reducer, Baader UV-IR Cut Filter |
| Camera | Canon 350D (IR modified) |
| Exposure | 29 x 5 min, ISO800 |
| Processing | Processed in ImagesPlus 2.75 beta 8a, dark/flat/bias calibration, average add, DDP, levels, curves, color sat, star/halo reduction, Adaptive RL |
| Notes | Little Miss Muffet had nothing on The Seven Sisters of Greek mythology on the night that I shot these frames. I noticed a strange diffraction pattern on the brighter stars and later tracked it down to a spider web inside the OTA of my refractor. Details here. |