M45
The Pleiades Star
Cluster
The Pleiades Star
Cluster
M45, The Pleiades Star Cluster (the Seven Sisters/Subaru)
Image acquisition date: January 2, 2011.
Camera: SBIG STX 16803
Filters: AstroDon 65mm LRGB
Camera control software: CCDSoft
Guiding/adaptive optics: STX internal guiding chip.
Camera temperature: -20C
Telescope: Astro-Physics 155EDF with 4" field flattener, 1178mm focal length (F7.6).
Telescope control software: TheSky6, Focusmax
Mount: Paramount ME
Total exposure time: 22 minutes L, 20 minutes each RGB (2 minute unguided
subexposures).
Image scale 1.57 arc sec per pixel
Processing: CCDStack2, Photoshop CS5.
Image acquisition date: January 2, 2011.
Camera: SBIG STX 16803
Filters: AstroDon 65mm LRGB
Camera control software: CCDSoft
Guiding/adaptive optics: STX internal guiding chip.
Camera temperature: -20C
Telescope: Astro-Physics 155EDF with 4" field flattener, 1178mm focal length (F7.6).
Telescope control software: TheSky6, Focusmax
Mount: Paramount ME
Total exposure time: 22 minutes L, 20 minutes each RGB (2 minute unguided
subexposures).
Image scale 1.57 arc sec per pixel
Processing: CCDStack2, Photoshop CS5.
