The Pleiades 17th November 2011

[Bizibilder]

A swift 2h 30min of these on the 17th November. The aim was to take more on the 18th, which I did, but they were ruined by dew!! "Bother" said Bizibilder! ED80 PRO and Canon 1000D, 5min subs at ISO 800. Guided with QHY5 and PHD, scope control with EQMOD.

[rocketandroll]

Niiiiice.

The ED80 is just about the perfect fov to get the Pleiades in isn't it!

Don't worry about the dew... I lost eight 6 min subs the other week because I didn't notice dew on the lens because my dew heater was turned down too low! Won't make that mistake again :-)

Ben

[foundaplanet]

Good one.

[lukebl]

Lovely image. Very nicely framed and processed.

[duncan.p]

Great image......

[jkemal]

Awesome image, when I first saw the Pleiades myself I was astounded.

[rawhead]

Very nice Bizi

[twotter]

Lovely detail and colours

[Jannis]

I like it!!

Hope i can one day get similar results as well with the more faint stuff visible, but need to get my guiding sorted first so i can make a mosaic. Sometimes wich i had a shorter focal lengt. Guess i'll just do it the easy way and get a full-frame DSLR for when i need wider FOV...

why do your stars have a horizontal line on them, btw? I didn't know you had anything in that scope that would create it?

[Bizibilder]

Not sure about the horizontal lines! As you say, they shouldn't be there - I suspect they may be caused by a reflection from somewhere getting into the optics?