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M 45
M 45, commonly known as the Pleiades, is an open cluster in Taurus that contains about 100 stars. The blue nebulosity (some faint red nebulosity is also present) shines by the reflected light of the stars within it. Image taken with a Takahashi Epsilon 180 f/2.8 astrograph and a Canon 20Da DSLR at ISO 800. Total of 15 X 300 sec Light frames; calibrated, aligned, combined and processed in Images Plus V 3.80 followed by Adobe Photoshop CS2 (20 darks and 64 flats for calibration).
M42n=30EXP2minCombineFilesSigAvg.jpg Pelican_1hr_exposure_n=1_E180.jpg Veil_3-min_exp_n=3_E180_.jpg M31_30-min_exposure_E180_.jpg CombineFilesMed_Processed.jpg
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