Michael A. Stecker
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The Pleiades (M45) -- full color HaRGB |
The Pleiades (M45) -- full color HaRGB M45, aka: Seven Sisters or Subaru is in the constellation Taurus 444 light years from Earth. The cluster is dominated by hot blue stars born within the last 100-million years. Reflection nebulae give the blue color to surrounding dust clouds This is a joint project of James Foster and Michael Stecker. Click on the image to see a high resolution photo. file: M45-RGB4E2-4c.jpg Photographic Data telescope: Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P (10-inch f/4 Newtonian telescope with coma corrector) FL= 1,000 mm mount: Astro-Physics 1200 GTO
Guiding hardware:
SVBony 60 mm f/4 guidescope (fl=240 mm) Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120MM mini imaging camera: ZWO ASI6200MM true color shot with Hydrogen-alpha, red, green and blue filters exposure: ? Processing: Stacked and processed by James Foster with Maxim DL software and post-processed by Michael Stecker in Photoshop Elements . photographic site: James Foster observatory at Frazier Park California (Bortle 4 at 5,500 ft elevstion) |
Galaxy UGC 2838 |
The edge-on spiral galaxy UGC 2838 is seen at the 3-o'clock position to the right of M45 |